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Ms Polly Billington vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 82 different votes 138 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
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 16 No
Tax 18% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API