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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 403 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 0 different votes 403 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
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 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
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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