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Ms Polly Billington vs Mike Kane

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 Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Lab Wythenshawe and Sale East

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Mike Kane voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 2 different votes 383 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
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
72.3%
same as average
Rank 371 of 650
497
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,406 eligible divisions
254
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
983
56.5% of votes cast
243
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
757
43.5% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
12 years, 8 months
Since 13 Feb 2014

Debates

81
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
42
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
126
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
55
-107.0 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£291,311
29% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#5
Migration
139 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
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