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Alex Ballinger

Labour MP for Halesowen, since 4 July 2024

Alex Ballinger is the Labour MP for Halesowen, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

76.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
437 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
138 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
126 Debates spoken in 157 written questions tabled

Ranked 254 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No vote 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading Aye 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part Aye 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Aye 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No vote 321–158

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

£5,985

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)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

8. Miscellaneous

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

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

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

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

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

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

126 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £5,985 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
5 Dec 2025 Alex Ballinger sitting MP Doha Forum Other Visit £5,985

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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