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Bradley Thomas vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Bradley Thomas
Bradley Thomas
Con Bromsgrove
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Bradley Thomas and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 380 different votes 386 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
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
4 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
4 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 174 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 650
503
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
620 eligible divisions
233
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
47.3% of votes cast
270
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
250
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

195
+102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
92
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
286
+125.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
Contributions
171
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£215,617
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£215,617
5% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Tax
101 of 114 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API