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Ms Polly Billington vs Mark Garnier

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
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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Mark Garnier voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 329 different votes 335 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 4 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 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

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
240
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.7 % of votes cast
217
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Contributions
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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