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Dame Nia Griffith vs Ms Polly Billington

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

Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli
vs
Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 1 different votes 358 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
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 239 of 649
Participation
79.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
1,843
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
570 eligible divisions
1,022
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
238
52.7 % of votes cast
821
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
214
47.3 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
84
+8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
93
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Contributions
120
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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