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Sammy Wilson vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 208 different votes 223 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
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
11
0.7% 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

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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