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Ms Polly Billington vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

253 same votes 9 different votes 262 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 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 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
61.6%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,491
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
832
55.8% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.2% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
89
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
126
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
125
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 68 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API