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Lisa Smart vs Tahir Ali

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Tahir Ali voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 253 different votes 294 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 4% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 18 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

174
+90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
247
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API