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Ms Polly Billington vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Chris Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 4 different votes 369 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
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 650
507
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
631 eligible divisions
261
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.7% of votes cast
246
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
216
47.3% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
81
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
125
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Contributions
236
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 126 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API