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Richard Tice vs Ms Polly Billington

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

Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness
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Photograph of Ms Polly Billington
Ms Polly Billington
Lab East Thanet

Voting alignment

Richard Tice and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 231 different votes 244 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 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

51.7 %
21 % below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 649
297
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
575 eligible divisions
141
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
240
52.5 % of votes cast
156
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.5 % of votes cast
11
3.7 % 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

164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
83
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
234
+95.7 vs Commons average
Rank 95 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

£176,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£176,036
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28 % below average
23
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
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