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Alex Ballinger vs Mr Mark Francois

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
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 257 different votes 260 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 32 No
Tax 2% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
212
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
232
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£211,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API