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Sir Ashley Fox vs Alex Ballinger

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

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Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater
vs
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Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Sir Ashley Fox and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 299 different votes 320 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.9%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
454
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
206
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
248
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
15
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

171
+89.2 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Appearances
72
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
251
+108.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Contributions
110
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£159,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£159,406
30% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
3
3 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

Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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