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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
Photograph of Ruth Jones
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 395 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 1 different votes 395 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
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 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
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 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
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 650
449
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,315
1,685 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
685
52.1 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
630
47.9 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 3 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

76
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
45
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
110
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 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
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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