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Ms Polly Billington vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 325 different votes 331 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 650
449
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,031
2,350 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.8 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,061
52.2 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Appearances
67
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
112
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Contributions
166
+40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API