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Ms Polly Billington vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 355 different votes 377 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 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
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
45.9% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.1% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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