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Ms Polly Billington vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Alan Mak voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 323 different votes 334 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
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
53 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
37 Aye 53 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
37 Aye 53 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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 205 of 650
Participation
85.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 650
449
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,011
2,350 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
954
47.4 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,057
52.6 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
14
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
112
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
17
-108.8 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
208 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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