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Fred Thomas vs Ms Polly Billington

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 9 different votes 383 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
59 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
29 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
29 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 441 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
437
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
636 eligible divisions
255
58.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.6% of votes cast
182
41.6% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Appearances
83
-13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
78
-89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
126
-41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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

Housing
32 of 33 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Tax
98 of 122 votes
#5
Tax
106 of 122 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API