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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 256 different votes 259 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
49 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
24 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
24 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 166 of 647
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 647
441
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,323
2,323 eligible divisions
234
53.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
607
45.9 % of votes cast
207
46.9 % of votes cast
No votes
716
54.1 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

66
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 647
Appearances
100
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 647
97
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 647
Contributions
66
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Transport
71 of 91 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
46 of 59 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#5
Trade
63 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API