Alex Ballinger
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Alex Ballinger is the Labour MP for Halesowen, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
444
Votes Cast
£211,093
Expenses 2024-25
4,364
Majority
38.9%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£211,093
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 38,578 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
159
Written Questions
19
Oral Questions
120
Debates Spoken In⚑
267
Speeches⚑
444
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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3 AYECrime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
3 votes · 20 Apr 2026
4 AYEChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
7 AYEPension Schemes Bill
7 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
7 votes · 15 Apr 2026
2 NOOpposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
Opposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
3 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
1 AYE1 NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Financial Interests(4)
Visits outside the UK
other countries and key multilateral partners to discuss efforts to resolve regional conflicts
£5,581
Visits outside the UK
other countries and key multilateral partners to discuss efforts to resolve regional conflicts
- 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
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Trustee of The Birmingham Settlement. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 15 July 2024)
Registered 15 July 2024
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Member, Rowley Regis Town Board. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 18 November 2025)
Registered 18 November 2025
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Member, Halesowen Abbey Trust Board. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 18 November 2025)
Registered 18 November 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Alex in Parliament
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equal access to diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Tax Collection: Debts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HMRC on instructions given to debt collection agencies in the event of (a) an unresolved dispute or (b) error on a taxpayer's a
West Midlands Fire Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the West Midlands fire authority plan to bring back familiarisation visits.
Fire and Rescue Services: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure national standards in the training of fire service personnel.
Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help local authorities scruitnise the work of property developers.
Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the (a) affordability and (b) accessibility of parental leave.
Fire and Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve morale in the fire service.
Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to increase statutory parental leave.
Motorcycles: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Motorcycle Industry Association on user licensing for powered light vehicles.
Motorcycles: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Motorcycle Industry Association’s publication entitled A Licence to Ne
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