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Mark Garnier vs Ms Polly Billington

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 327 different votes 333 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
2 Aye 11 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 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

83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 650
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 194 of 650
1,966
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
558 eligible divisions
959
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
52.3 % of votes cast
1,007
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
214
47.7 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % 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

75
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
75
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
243
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Contributions
106
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28 % below average
19
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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