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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 301 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 296 different votes 301 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

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£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
4 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API