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Ms Polly Billington

Labour MP for East Thanet, since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Ms Polly Billington is the Labour MP for East Thanet, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero).

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Scorecard

79.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
456 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
118 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
2 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
162 Debates spoken in 53 written questions tabled

Ranked 185 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B No vote 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B Aye 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 Aye 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment Aye 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit No 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading Aye 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 No vote 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 No 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading No vote 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 No vote 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 No vote 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No vote 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No vote 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading Aye 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No 1–73

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Yachad
Address of donor: Star House, 104-108 Grafton Road, London NW5 4BA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, hospitality, travel, value £2,169
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine (Various including Ramallah and Hebron)
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 28 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To meet with a wide range of individuals, public officials and organisations, as well as to visit locations where violence has taken place, to understand the steps needed to achieve a resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and to adequately respond to the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
(Registered 5 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) Secretariat for the APPG for Renewable & Sustainable Energy
Address of donor: PRASEG, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0DX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, return flights and subsistence, value £808
Destination of visit: Denmark (Copenhagen)
Dates of visit: 23 October 2025 to 24 October 2025
Purpose of visit: APPG visit to high-level meetings and site visits in Copenhagen cross-channel cooperation for decarbonising heat and energy.
(Registered 14 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

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Debates

162 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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