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Rushanara Ali vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 12 different votes 418 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
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
636 eligible divisions
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
47.7% of votes cast
808
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
255
52.3% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
Appearances
95
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
45
-124.2 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Contributions
172
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API