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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 242 different votes 245 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 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 205 of 650
Participation
78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
449
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,350 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
48.5 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
946
51.5 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
29
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
112
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
48
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 487 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API