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Ms Polly Billington vs Alice Macdonald

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 Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 13 different votes 423 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
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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 184 of 650
Participation
81.6%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
519
636 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
49.3% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
263
50.7% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
37
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
126
-42.2 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Contributions
49
-119.2 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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