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Graham Stringer vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Tahir Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 822 shared comparable votes.

814 same votes 8 different votes 822 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
79 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
79 Aye 51 No
29 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
29 Aye 70 No
12 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Defence 91% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 95% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
57 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 124 shared votes
56 Aye 68 No
79 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
79 Aye 51 No

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

Voting record

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.6 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
565
46.4 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
3
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No rebel
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Amendment 4 30 Jan 2023
Work / Employment
Aye
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
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