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Alex Ballinger vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 322 different votes 327 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
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
483
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
230
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
253
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

94
-0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
173
+8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
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
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