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Ms Polly Billington vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Andrew Western voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

401 same votes 14 different votes 415 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
46 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
752
1,019 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
48.9% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
384
51.1% 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
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
53
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
126
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 77 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
#3
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

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