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Emma Lewell vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Tahir Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,036 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 10 different votes 1,036 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
98 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
98 Aye 51 No
29 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
29 Aye 76 No
19 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 18 No
Benefits 88% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
54 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 108 shared votes
53 Aye 55 No
98 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
98 Aye 51 No

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

Voting record

70.7%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
1,701
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,283
1,687 eligible divisions
941
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
675
52.6% of votes cast
760
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
608
47.4% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
13 years, 5 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
80
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Contributions
52
-102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
5
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
76 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Transport
82 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Programme Motion 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API