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Ms Polly Billington vs Gurinder Singh Josan

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 Gurinder Singh Josan
Gurinder Singh Josan
Lab Smethwick

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Gurinder Singh Josan voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 0 different votes 403 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
45 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
45 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
45 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 650
Participation
89.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 650
449
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
563 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.9 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
253
50.1 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
36
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
110
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Contributions
43
-83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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
£121,117
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£121,117
46 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API