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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Edward Leigh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet
vs
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Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 266 different votes 287 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

82
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
Appearances
168
+86.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
118
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649
Contributions
188
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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