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Ms Polly Billington vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

342 same votes 0 different votes 342 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
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
44 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,666
2,361 eligible divisions
240
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
54.3 % of votes cast
217
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
761
45.7 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 6 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

84
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
Appearances
71
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
120
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Contributions
85
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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