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Ms Polly Billington vs Sir Stephen Timms

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 Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 0 different votes 361 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
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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 649
Participation
78.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 235 of 649
452
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,354 eligible divisions
238
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,020
55.1 % of votes cast
214
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
830
44.9 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
32 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

84
+8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Appearances
55
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
120
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Contributions
209
+75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API