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Ms Polly Billington vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Andy McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 11 different votes 445 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
53 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 74% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 10 No
Housing 96% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 97% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
53 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 650
509
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,419 eligible divisions
263
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
55.5% of votes cast
246
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.5% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
100
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Contributions
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#5
Transport
84 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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