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Ms Polly Billington vs Carla Lockhart

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 Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 190 different votes 224 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
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 5 No
Education 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
20 Aye 44 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
8% above average
Rank 204 of 649
Participation
45.3%
26% below average
Rank 615 of 649
463
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
748
1,650 eligible divisions
241
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
385
51.5% of votes cast
222
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
363
48.5% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

84
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
Appearances
169
+89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
121
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
Contributions
191
+51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API