Ms Polly Billington, MP for East Thanet
Polly Billington has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero); Energy Security and Net Zero Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2026 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Great British Energy Bill | 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Polly Billington has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 | 5 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Denmark between 23 October 2025 and 24 October 2025 | 14 Nov 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Polly Billington asked 8 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
51 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Polly Billington represents East Thanet. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Polly Billington won with 40% of the votes, and Helen Harrison (Conservative) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polly Billington | Labour | 17,054 | 39.9% |
| Helen Harrison | Conservative | 10,083 | 23.6% |
| Paul Webb | Reform UK | 8,591 | 20.1% |
| Steve Roberts | Green Party | 4,590 | 10.7% |
| Jai Singh | Liberal Democrat | 1,365 | 3.2% |
| Grahame Birchall | Independent | 563 | 1.3% |
| Paul Holton | Independent | 369 | 0.9% |
| Mo Shafaei | Independent | 98 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Polly Billington took part in 205 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Polly Billington voted the same way as their party in 203 of the 203 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
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