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Ms Polly Billington vs Christine Jardine

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 Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Christine Jardine voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 198 different votes 236 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 0 No
Housing 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 17 No
Tax 5% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 12 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 649
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
461
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,111 eligible divisions
241
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7% of votes cast
220
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3% 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
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

84
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 649
Appearances
141
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
121
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
142
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
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