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Ms Polly Billington vs Jim Shannon

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 Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Jim Shannon voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 363 different votes 423 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
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 43% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 19% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
56 Aye 39 No
Tax 2% aligned 95 shared votes
41 Aye 54 No
6 Aye 13 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
8% above average
Rank 204 of 649
Participation
85.3%
14% above average
Rank 87 of 649
463
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,020
2,368 eligible divisions
241
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
51.7% of votes cast
222
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
975
48.3% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

84
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
1,249
+1169.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
121
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
1,576
+1437.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
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