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Ms Polly Billington vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 8 different votes 333 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% 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
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
126
-41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Contributions
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API