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Alex Ballinger vs Sir John Hayes

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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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 307 different votes 315 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 31 No
Tax 2% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
437
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
209
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
228
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
Appearances
112
+33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
125
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Contributions
234
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
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