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Ms Polly Billington vs Angela Rayner

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 Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Angela Rayner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

232 same votes 0 different votes 232 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
23 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.7% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
699
44.3% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
33
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
118
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
449
+302.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
24
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Work / Employment
59 of 77 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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