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Ms Polly Billington vs Alan Strickland

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

Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Alan Strickland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 425 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 0 different votes 425 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
56 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
56 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
56 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
590 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Contributions
34
-111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API