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Ms Polly Billington vs Graham Stuart

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 Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart
Con Beverley and Holderness

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Graham Stuart voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 257 different votes 273 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
0 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 285 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,808
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
853
47.2% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
955
52.8% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
332
+188.5 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,872,623
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£299,689
33% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
186 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
57 of 70 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 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: 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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