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Ms Polly Billington vs Mike Reader

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 Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Mike Reader voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 2 different votes 386 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
46 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
30 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
30 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
497
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
620 eligible divisions
254
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
51.5% of votes cast
243
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
221
48.5% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
81
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
126
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
116
-46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#5
Tax
92 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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