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Ms Polly Billington vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Jim McMahon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 1 different votes 395 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
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above 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
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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