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Mr Louie French vs Alex Ballinger

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

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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
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Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 318 different votes 324 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
1,030
1,287 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
520
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
47.6% of votes cast
510
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
102
-62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
173
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
9
4 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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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