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Mr Paul Foster vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 8 different votes 398 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
33 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
522
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
635 eligible divisions
263
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
47.8% of votes cast
259
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
254
52.2% of votes cast
8
1.5% 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

53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
95
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
174
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API