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Dame Meg Hillier vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

1,012 same votes 0 different votes 1,012 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
101 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
101 Aye 45 No
37 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
37 Aye 74 No
54 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
54 Aye 53 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
Most different by topic
101 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
101 Aye 45 No
37 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
37 Aye 74 No
54 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
54 Aye 53 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

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.6 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
565
46.4 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
120
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
8
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API