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Ms Polly Billington vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

359 same votes 0 different votes 359 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
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 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 210 of 649
Participation
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
452
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,354 eligible divisions
238
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
980
56.8 % of votes cast
214
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
744
43.2 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

84
+8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Appearances
114
+38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
120
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Contributions
153
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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