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Ms Polly Billington vs Tom Collins

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 Tom Collins
Tom Collins
Lab Worcester

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Tom Collins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 1 different votes 406 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
46 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
46 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 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 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 34 of 650
449
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
563 eligible divisions
235
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
246
49.2 % of votes cast
214
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
254
50.8 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Appearances
37
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
111
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
54
-72.2 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£199,237
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£199,237
12 % below 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API