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Ms Polly Billington vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 276 different votes 279 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
2 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
81.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,918
2,361 eligible divisions
240
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
925
48.2 % of votes cast
217
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
993
51.8 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Contributions
32
-106.3 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28 % below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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