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Alex Ballinger vs Matt Vickers

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

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Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen
vs
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Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Matt Vickers voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 337 different votes 344 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 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 271 of 650
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 650
483
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
1,699 eligible divisions
230
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
638
48.0% of votes cast
253
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
692
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Appearances
124
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
172
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
263
+98.2 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
57 of 64 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
48 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
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
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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