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Fred Thomas vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Tahir Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

341 same votes 4 different votes 345 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
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 447 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 650
432
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,699 eligible divisions
252
58.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
52.6% of votes cast
180
41.7% of votes cast
No votes
608
47.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Appearances
37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
58
-106.6 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Tax
97 of 121 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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