UK Parliament · member 5123
Ms Polly Billington MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Ms Polly Billington, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Israel between 24 May 2026 and 28 May 2026 (registered 5 June 2026)
- International visit to Denmark between 23 October 2025 and 24 October 2025 (registered 14 November 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 460 recorded divisions where Ms Polly Billington and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Ms Polly Billington voted the same way as most voting Labour members 448 times (97.4%).
This compares Ms Polly Billington with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £15,620 across 47 claim lines; 2024-25: £162,742 across 84 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 44 | £13,032 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 3 | £2,589 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 6 | £130,164 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 64 | £19,999 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 9 | £10,983 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £1,184 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 2 | £413 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2026 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — Banner March 2026 | £91 | Paid |
| 12 June 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £90 | Paid |
| 17 November 2025 | Office Costs · Bought-in services | Comms & Media — Media | £84 | Paid |
| 4 March 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Landline & internet package — DAISY COMMUNICATIONS L [200011725-2839] | £82 | Paid |
| 8 May 2025 | Accommodation · Council tax | TDC Council Tax 2024 2025 | £817 | Paid |
| 17 April 2025 | Accommodation · Council tax | TDC Council Tax [200011793-295] | £817 | Paid |
| 15 January 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | £81 | Paid |
| 9 January 2026 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £80 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £8 | Paid |
| 21 July 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | CARTRIDGE SAVE | £78 | Paid |
| 1 December 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £75 | Paid |
| 2 November 2025 | Office Costs · Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy — Listening event facilitator [200011793-501] | £75 | Paid |
| 20 February 2025 | Office Costs · Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy — Listening event facilitator [200011793-502] | £75 | Paid |
| 31 January 2025 | Office Costs · Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy — Facilitator at listening event [200011793-503] | £75 | Paid |
| 22 November 2024 | Staffing · Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy — Facilitation at Constituency Listening Event Gibson | £75 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.