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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 258 different votes 267 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
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
449
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

78
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
112
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Contributions
105
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 257 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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