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Ms Polly Billington vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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 Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 195 shared comparable votes.

195 same votes 0 different votes 195 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
22 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 650
Participation
62.5%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 650
481
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,387 eligible divisions
248
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
853
57.2% of votes cast
233
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
639
42.8% of votes cast
14
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
Appearances
60
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
125
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
429
+279.9 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Tax
99 of 113 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API