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Ms Polly Billington vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

359 same votes 1 different votes 360 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
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 321 of 649
452
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,354 eligible divisions
238
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
57.3 % of votes cast
214
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

84
+8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Appearances
91
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
120
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Contributions
119
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API