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Ms Polly Billington vs Rushanara Ali

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

Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 0 different votes 386 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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

79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 650
449
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,350 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.7 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
776
43.3 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
41
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
112
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Contributions
73
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API