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Martin Vickers vs Ms Polly Billington

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
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Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 308 different votes 332 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.5% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
228
48.5% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

155
+73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
82
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
154
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
118
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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 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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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