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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 312 different votes 319 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
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 650
449
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
558 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
44.8 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
237
55.2 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
140
+69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
111
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Contributions
213
+88.2 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
35 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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