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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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

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Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 286 different votes 291 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
240
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
217
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Contributions
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
17
5 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API