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Ms Polly Billington vs Ashley Dalton

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 Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

290 same votes 0 different votes 290 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
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
47
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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