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Bob Blackman vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 313 different votes 320 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 299 of 650
2,065
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
558 eligible divisions
971
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
201
47.5 % of votes cast
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
222
52.5 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

135
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
Appearances
68
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
159
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Contributions
122
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7 % below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
85 of 89 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
65 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
155 of 169 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API