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Alison Griffiths vs Ms Polly Billington

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

Photograph of Alison Griffiths
Alison Griffiths
Con Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
vs
Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Alison Griffiths and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 328 different votes 349 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 356 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
191
44.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.5% of votes cast
241
55.8% of votes cast
No votes
228
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£182,517
19% below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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

Housing
28 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Transport
23 of 29 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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