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Ms Polly Billington vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 446 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 14 different votes 446 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
58 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,994
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,104
55.4% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
890
44.6% 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
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

84
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
172
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
127
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
785
+616.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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