Polly Billington — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Labour MP for East Thanet
Founded UK100 in 2016, a network for locally-elected leaders pledging to switch to 100% clean energy by 2050
Serves as Co-Chair of the Coastal Communities group of MPs
Secured a place on parliament’s Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Worked for the Department of Energy and Climate Change under the last Labour government

Biography

Polly Billington is a Labour MP for East Thanet, having been elected by voters after overturning a Conservative majority of 10,587.

Since her election, she has become the Co-Chair of the Coastal Communities group of MPs and secured a place on parliament’s Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. Billington has also supported campaigns to save local youth and children’s services in East Thanet.