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Ms Polly Billington vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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 Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 322 different votes 346 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
29 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,216 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.8% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
940
51.2% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 9 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

82
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
Appearances
141
+59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
118
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649
Contributions
401
+258.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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