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Paul Holmes vs Alex Ballinger

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

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Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
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Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 317 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
1 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
1 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 89 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
1,444
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
718
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
47.6% of votes cast
726
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

115
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
324
+159.5 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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
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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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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