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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dame Meg Hillier

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,366 different votes 1,422 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
16 Aye 22 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
9
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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