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Ms Polly Billington vs Richard Baker

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 Richard Baker
Richard Baker
Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Richard Baker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

349 same votes 0 different votes 349 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
48 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
48 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
48 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
575 eligible divisions
240
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
48.4 % of votes cast
217
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
222
51.6 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
Appearances
48
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
119
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
60
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API