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Ms Polly Billington vs Mr Peter Bedford

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 Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

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

7 same votes 328 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
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 650
449
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
558 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.3 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
228
55.7 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
61
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
106
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Contributions
80
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 353 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#5
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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