Polly Billington

Polly Billington (born November 1967) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Thanet since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero since 2026.

Prior to her election she was an environmental campaigner and had worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC before becoming a special adviser to Ed Miliband. She was the media director for his successful bid in the 2010 Labour leadership election. In 2016, she founded the climate politics network UK100.