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Paul Holmes vs Dame Meg Hillier

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

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 982 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 935 different votes 982 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
9 Aye 19 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 93 shared votes
51 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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