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Jim McMahon vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 992 shared comparable votes.

992 same votes 0 different votes 992 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
88 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
88 Aye 47 No
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
54 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
31 Aye 84 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
88 Aye 47 No
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
54 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
31 Aye 84 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 648
Participation
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.6 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
565
46.4 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
108
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 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
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
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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