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Ms Polly Billington vs Emma Hardy

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 Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Emma Hardy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 0 different votes 308 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
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 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
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
807
53.9% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
690
46.1% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
393
+247.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£312,134
38% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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