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Carla Lockhart vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Carla Lockhart and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 177 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 159 different votes 177 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
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

45.4 %
28 % below average
Rank 627 of 648
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 648
724
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
400
526 eligible divisions
370
51.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
193
48.2 % of votes cast
354
48.9 % of votes cast
No votes
207
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 648
151
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 648
Contributions
101
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£258,626
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
41 of 50 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
37 of 54 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
24 of 41 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Crime / Justice
99 of 173 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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