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Ms Polly Billington vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Tim Farron voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 215 different votes 259 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 23% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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 209 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
461
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,485
2,365 eligible divisions
241
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
813
54.7% of votes cast
220
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.3% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

84
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Appearances
143
+64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
121
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
161
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 169 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
24
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API