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Ms Polly Billington vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Cat Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 8 different votes 358 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.1% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
802
45.9% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
38
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
126
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Contributions
45
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API