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Ms Polly Billington vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 0 different votes 393 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
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 295 of 650
449
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
867
1,143 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
426
49.1 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
441
50.9 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
54
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
110
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
72
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API