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Alex Ballinger vs Dave Robertson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen
vs
Photograph of Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Dave Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 4 different votes 421 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
474
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
620 eligible divisions
224
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
53.3% of votes cast
250
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
252
46.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Appearances
131
+38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
172
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
168
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£211,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API