Compare

Lucy Powell vs Dame Meg Hillier

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,359 shared comparable votes.

1,345 same votes 14 different votes 1,359 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
124 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 187 shared votes
124 Aye 63 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
25 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
25 Aye 74 No
53 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
53 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 98% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
124 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 187 shared votes
124 Aye 63 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,586
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,401 eligible divisions
886
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
56.1% of votes cast
700
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
777
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

22
-65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
143
+55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
189
+37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Contributions
235
+83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 76 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API