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Ms Polly Billington vs Melanie Ward

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 0 different votes 363 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
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API