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Ms Polly Billington vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 11 different votes 401 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
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 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
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% 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
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
126
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API