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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
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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 840 shared comparable votes.

831 same votes 9 different votes 840 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 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
29 Aye 71 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 20 No
Defence 92% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 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

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
115
8.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Contributions
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
123 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Housing
44 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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