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Ms Polly Billington vs Lincoln Jopp

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
Photograph of Lincoln Jopp
Lincoln Jopp
Con Spelthorne

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Lincoln Jopp voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 258 different votes 277 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
42 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 454 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
590 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
173
42.8% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
231
57.2% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
203
+120.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
331
+187.5 vs Commons average
Rank 52 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
£74,646
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£74,646
67% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
37 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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