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Ms Polly Billington vs Liz Twist

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 Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Liz Twist voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 0 different votes 433 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
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,106 eligible divisions
240
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
54.6 % of votes cast
217
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
808
45.4 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
101
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Contributions
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£305,039
35 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 54 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 163 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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