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Ms Polly Billington vs Ben Coleman

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
Photograph of Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Ben Coleman voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 404 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
590 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.0% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
193
46.0% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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