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Ms Polly Billington vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 0 different votes 216 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
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
475
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,381 eligible divisions
244
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
231
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
14
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

82
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
80
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
118
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
349
+202.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
177 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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