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Ms Polly Billington vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 12 different votes 430 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
56 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
814
44.2% 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
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

83
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
63
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
126
-42.2 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Contributions
56
-112.2 vs Commons average
Rank 524 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API