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Lee Anderson vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 242 different votes 257 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
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
80
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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