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Wera Hobhouse vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 201 different votes 267 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 6% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
12
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

Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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