Polly Billington.

Polly Billington voted against her party five times in a single day — 20 June 2025 — to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading and across several key amendments. Her votes form a coherent pattern: she backed a new clause that would have barred assisted dying where the wish to die was driven by disability, depression, financial pressure, or fear of being a burden, and opposed amendments that the bill's supporters considered strengthening safeguards. Her stance puts her 47 percentage points below the Labour average on assisted dying access, and 33 points above it on restrictions — among the sharpest deviations from her party in the Commons on this issue. In local news, she drew attention earlier this year for her response to a school going into administration with 160 job losses, where she publicly criticised the owners and committed to working with Kent County Council and the Department for Education. A separate story, however, raised questions about her handling of a domestic abuse case, where the victim complained her story had been used without prior consultation.

At 80% voting participation — roughly in line with the Commons average — Billington is an active rather than exceptional attender. She votes with Labour 97% of the time outside the assisted dying issue. Her stance profile shows consistent support for progressive taxation and workers' rights, but low alignment on civil liberties, parliamentary scrutiny, and welfare expansion relative to those stances. She has made 274 contributions across 162 debates, with economy and jobs her most frequent topic, followed by energy and environment.

Her seat on the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee explains the concentration of energy and environment speeches. Local news coverage over the past 90 days — 24 articles — averages a neutral sentiment score of zero, with culture and sport generating the most stories. Data on committee activity beyond membership is not available.