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Douglas Lumsden vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden
Con Aberdeen South
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Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 56 shared comparable votes.

0 same votes 56 different votes 56 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
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Tax 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Tax 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
47.6% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
93
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
1
1 registered category
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 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
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
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