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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 1,056 shared comparable votes.

1,052 same votes 4 different votes 1,056 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 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
82 Aye 47 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 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
82 Aye 47 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

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
27
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API