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Ms Polly Billington vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Alison McGovern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 10 different votes 349 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
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,702
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.4% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
759
44.6% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
126
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
573
+403.8 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API