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Ms Polly Billington vs Luke Pollard

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 Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Luke Pollard voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 4 different votes 291 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
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
507
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,496
2,162 eligible divisions
261
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.1% of votes cast
246
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
672
44.9% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Contributions
673
+508.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
73 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 90 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API