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Ms Polly Billington vs Yuan Yang

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 Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Yuan Yang voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 10 different votes 428 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
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 139 of 650
509
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
633 eligible divisions
263
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
47.8% of votes cast
246
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
273
52.2% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Contributions
43
-121.6 vs Commons average
Rank 561 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
6 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
Transport
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
30 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Tax
105 of 121 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API