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Peter Lamb vs Ms Polly Billington

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

431 same votes 1 different votes 432 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
53 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 94% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
53 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

92.5%
20% above average
Rank 10 of 649
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 649
532
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
575 eligible divisions
268
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
52.5% of votes cast
264
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
217
47.5% of votes cast
17
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

31
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Appearances
83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
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
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