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Ms Polly Billington vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Lucy Powell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 9 different votes 365 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
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.1% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
703
43.9% of votes cast
14
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

83
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
26
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
126
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Contributions
257
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API