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Matt Western vs Tahir Ali

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

1,009 same votes 4 different votes 1,013 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
98 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
98 Aye 46 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 117 shared votes
60 Aye 57 No
98 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
98 Aye 46 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Appearances
28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API