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Ms Polly Billington vs Nick Smith

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 Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 3 different votes 396 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
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
497
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
254
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
243
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
126
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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