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Sir Mel Stride vs Ms Polly Billington

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 236 different votes 239 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 647
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 164 of 647
1,821
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
542 eligible divisions
883
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
52.9 % of votes cast
938
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
208
47.1 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 647
Appearances
68
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
50
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 647
Contributions
99
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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