How They Voted
VOTED FOR Employer National Insurance Increase
VOTED AGAINST Assisted Dying Bill
VOTED FOR Water Company Regulation
VOTED FOR House of Lords Hereditary Peers
Recent Public Statements
Latest verbatim posts and speeches from Ms Polly Billington on Bluesky and gov.uk. Sourced directly from public APIs. No paraphrase, no editorialising.
Many leaders from across business, faith, charities, sport and the media orgs in the UK have published a letter of solidarity for Jewish people in Britain, pledging ourselves and our organisations to be part of the whole of society effort needed to fight antisemitism. www.lbc.co.uk/article/jewi...View post ↗
The Israeli Government is abhorrent. But Jewish people are not the Israeli Government. No one murders Americans on the streets of London because Trump started a war against Iran and if they did 'progressives' wouldn't say 'perhaps they deserve it'View post ↗
15 years ago I joined Shelter to run their campaigns on private renting We didn’t even dream that a day like today could be possibleView post ↗
Solar Power Portal: "March 2026 saw 27,000 new solar installations completed in the UK, the highest monthly deployment since 2012. "Across all deployment types (domestic rooftop, commercial and industrial and ground-mounted solar plants), the UK surpassed two million solar installations in March."View post ↗
Two Lambeth Green candidates arrested today.View post ↗
Subsidising energy consumption in the face of both a short-term supply shock and the long-term need to decarbonise. Bad for the economy, bad for the planet, bad for the world's poor. And *if* you favour a wealth tax (I am sceptical but there's a case) spending it on *this" is just idiotic.View post ↗
Government is exploring new stipulations for companies that get public money to house vulnerable people, PolHome understands A source told @matildamartin.bsky.social "nothing is off the table" as ministers look at how security at settings like hotels can improve after the 2022 Travelodge assaultView post ↗
Horrendous - but neccessary - understanding of the impact bad temporary accomodation can have on our children. Linked to the deaths of 104 children over the past 6 years, 76 of them babies. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...View post ↗
22 more recent statements available.
Said One Thing, Voted Another?
Verbatim Hansard contributions placed beside how this MP actually voted. See the full Lie Detector for methodology.
Almost 15% of people in East Thanet are in fuel poverty—significantly above the national average of 11.4%. That is thousands of my constituents who cannot afford for their energy bills to go up, but who, because of international events completely out of their control, are now fac …Energy Security · 2026-05-19
And it is done. Who your dad is no longer gives you a guaranteed say on the law of the land. We have tonight done what so many Labour people have sought to do throughout our history: no more hereditary peersBluesky post · 2026-03-10
Starmer slams Trump: "Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House... for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the futur …Bluesky post · 2026-01-21
Expenses Breakdown
Total: £162,742. Rank: #802 of 650 MPs. Source: IPSA.
What They Actually Claimed For
Itemised IPSA claims for the 117 expense lines this MP submitted. Total paid: £176,579. Source: IPSA individualBusinessCosts.
28 items for review
- £817 Single claim of £816.62 for Council tax (Accommodation) on 17/04/2025.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 15/10/2024.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 18/02/2025.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 19/11/2024.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 16/01/2025.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 18/03/2025.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 17/09/2024.
- £1,550 Single claim of £1,550.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 17/12/2024.
- £1,108 Single claim of £1,108.11 for Rail (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
- £2,500 Single claim of £2,500.00 for Bought-in services (Professional & consultancy) on 27/08/2024.
- £584 Single claim of £584.45 for Business rates (Office Costs) on 22/01/2025.
- £2,520 Single claim of £2,520.00 for Equipment - purchase (Other office equipment) on 16/04/2025.
- £669 Single claim of £668.82 for Equipment - purchase (Office furniture) on 28/03/2025.
- £1,798 Single claim of £1,797.98 for Equipment - purchase (Office furniture) on 17/01/2025.
- £1,589 Single claim of £1,588.71 for Equipment - purchase (Office furniture) on 14/01/2025.
- £3,000 Single claim of £3,000.00 for Pooled staffing services (Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)) on 07/02/2025.
- £1,239 Single claim of £1,239.20 for Rent (Office Costs) on 04/02/2025.
- £1,239 Single claim of £1,239.20 for Rent (Office Costs) on 22/01/2025.
- £1,239 Single claim of £1,239.20 for Rent (Office Costs) on 09/01/2025.
- £1,440 Single claim of £1,440.00 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 08/08/2024.
- £600 Single claim of £600.00 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 08/08/2024.
- £817 Single claim of £816.62 for Council tax (Accommodation) on 08/05/2025.
- £1,368 Single claim of £1,368.07 for Council tax (Accommodation) on 20/07/2025.
- £2,370 Single claim of £2,370.25 for Business rates (Office Costs) on 07/05/2025.
- £1,239 Single claim of £1,239.20 for Service charge & ground Rent (Office Costs) on 14/04/2025.
Search the top 30 claims paid
Showing 20 of 30 claims. Total paid £171,311
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year0
£125,734
Professional & consultancy0
£3,500
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£3,000
Other office equipment0
£2,520
Professional & consultancy0
£2,500
WWW.THANET.GOV.UK0
£2,370
Hard copy newsletter0
£2,300
Office furniture0
£1,798
Office furniture0
£1,589
0
£1,550
0
£1,550
0
£1,550
0
£1,550
0
£1,550
0
£1,550
0
£1,550
ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES0
£1,476
CW.MP annual fee0
£1,440
Council tax 2025 260
£1,368
0
£1,239
Year on year
FY 24-25 84 claims £162,742
FY 25-26 33 claims £13,837
Travel
£1,597 paid across 0 trips.
Accommodation
£13,571 paid across 0 nights.
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