Polly Billington
Profile
Polly Billington is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for East Thanet since 2024. Before entering Parliament, she had a diverse career as a broadcast journalist for the BBC and served as a special adviser to Ed Miliband. An active environmental campaigner, she founded the climate politics network UK100 in 2016 and previously served as a councillor for the Hackney London Borough Council. Her political work focuses on climate policy, energy, and social welfare.
Details
- Born
- 1967 · 59 years old
- Education
- Ursuline High School, Wimbledon; University of Sussex (BA in History and French); University of Central Lancashire (Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism)
- Career
- Broadcast journalist, special adviser, head of communications and campaigns at Citizens Advice, CEO of UK100, local councillor
