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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.


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 279 different votes 284 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
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 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

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 650
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 423 of 650
449
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,655
2,349 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
768
46.4 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
887
53.6 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
53
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
110
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
63
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
16
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
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API