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Sir Edward Leigh vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Sir Edward Leigh and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 246 different votes 251 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 311 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,765
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
565 eligible divisions
833
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
204
47.6 % of votes cast
932
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
225
52.4 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

163
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Appearances
73
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
182
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
129
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£216,835
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
188 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
56 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Tax
256 of 321 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
134 of 169 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API