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Ms Polly Billington vs Tom Tugendhat

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 Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 226 different votes 246 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
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
45 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
470
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
242
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
228
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
14
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
120
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Contributions
119
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
45
5 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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