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Ms Polly Billington

Ms Polly Billington

Labour MP for East Thanet

Ms Polly Billington is the Labour MP for East Thanet, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Message

Seat status

Safe

Majority size

6,971

Recent swing

+2.3% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG) Secretariat for the APPG for Renewable & Sustainable Energy (£808)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Ms Polly voted with the majority

VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Ms Polly voted against the majority

DID NOT VOTE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Where Ms Polly fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Ms Polly Billington

Ms Polly Billington

Member of Parliament

East Thanet

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Energy Security and Net Zero Committee