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Cat Smith vs Tahir Ali

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,032 shared comparable votes.

1,030 same votes 2 different votes 1,032 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
82 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
82 Aye 44 No
37 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
37 Aye 86 No
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 128 shared votes
57 Aye 71 No
82 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
82 Aye 44 No
37 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
37 Aye 86 No
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.6 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
565
46.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Contributions
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API