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Ms Polly Billington vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Nigel Farage voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 136 different votes 158 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 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 9 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
Participation
54.5%
18% below average
Rank 608 of 649
467
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
11 eligible divisions
241
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
226
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

84
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Appearances
14
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
121
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
16
-124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
No topic data
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
No topic data
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
No topic data
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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