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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 208 different votes 217 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
8
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
13
-132.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API