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Ms Polly Billington vs Gareth Snell

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 Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Gareth Snell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 444 shared comparable votes.

441 same votes 3 different votes 444 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 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
86.9%
15% above average
Rank 55 of 650
497
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
539
620 eligible divisions
254
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
48.8% of votes cast
243
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
276
51.2% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Appearances
202
+109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
128
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Contributions
306
+145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API