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Mark Pritchard vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 230 different votes 234 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
732
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
806
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

184
+101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
222
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 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

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
136 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 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
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
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API