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Charlie Dewhirst vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 322 different votes 328 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
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 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

67.0%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
423
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
185
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
47.6% of votes cast
238
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

126
+31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
93
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
145
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
172
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Tax
102 of 121 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
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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