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Alex Ballinger

Labour Halesowen

Voting record

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Voted for
0
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Alex Ballinger’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Alex Ballinger — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 444 of 590 (75%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 Ayes 85, Noes 427 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Ayes 105, Noes 410 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Ayes 166, Noes 346 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 97, Noes 358 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 No
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Alex Ballinger — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Alex Ballinger →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a Senior Policy Advisor for 1 day per week from Tuesday 1st September to Tuesday 24th November (agreed on 17 August 2026), value £3,900
Date received: 17 August 2026 to 24 November 2026
Date accepted: 17 August 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 17 August 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Google UK Ltd
Address of donor: 1 St. Giles High Street, London WC2H 8AG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Travel, overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by Social Market Foundation, in partnership with Google, value £645.63
Date received: 2 September 2026
Date accepted: 2 September 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03977902
(Registered 10 September 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Doha Forum
Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£5,581), food and accommodation (£404), value £5,985
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Doha Forum 2025 on regional diplomacy and dialogue. Included meetings with Qatari ministers, ministers from other countries and key multilateral partners to discuss efforts to resolve regional conflicts. This visit is relevant to my role as a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
(Registered 16 December 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of The Birmingham Settlement. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 15 July 2024)

Member, Rowley Regis Town Board. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 18 November 2025)

Member, Halesowen Abbey Trust Board. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 18 November 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Alex Ballinger yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Alex Ballinger has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£234,986.06 paid out to or for Alex Ballinger across 290 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Alex Ballinger’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £159,119.41 (6 claims)
Office Costs — £49,845.47 (260 claims)
Accommodation — £18,537.60 (12 claims)
Miscellaneous — £3,060.00 (1 claim)
MP Travel — £2,753.28 (5 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,621.33 (5 claims)
Dependant Travel — £48.97 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £228.95, 2026-04-17 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £84.14, 2026-04-05 — Landline & internet package
Business rates — £102.50, 2026-03-24 — HTTPS://WWW.DUDLEY.GOV [200013613-15215]
Training - staff — £1,140.00, 2026-03-20 — Paul Richards
Utilities — £324.61, 2026-03-19 — Electricity
Cleaning services — £144.00, 2026-03-02 — [***] [***] - 8 hours
Utilities — £77.12, 2026-02-25 — Water
Equipment - purchase — -£210.96, 2026-02-25 — Sundries

Every claim on file for Alex Ballinger →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Alex Ballinger — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Alex Ballinger’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Alex Ballinger is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Thales (£7,500); Boeing Defence UK (£7,500); Saab UK (£7,500); Saab UK (£7,500) and 6 more.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Search For Common Ground (£15,001-16,500); Mercy Corps (£4,501-6,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling Reform — Co-Chair
Declared funding: DGA Group (£16,501-18,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: James Gray, as Chair of the Armed Forces APPG in the previous Parliament — about £177,269.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces).

James Gray, as Chair of the Armed Forces APPG in the previous Parliament — about £177,269.00, 1 group
Saab UK — about £22,500.00, 1 group
DGA Group — about £17,250.50, 1 group
Search For Common Ground — about £15,750.50, 1 group
Leonardo — about £15,000.00, 1 group

Showing the top 5 of 10 funders.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Alex Ballinger personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Alex Ballinger is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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