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Ms Polly Billington vs Ruth Jones

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
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Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 1 different votes 410 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 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
48 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 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

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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