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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 1,040 shared comparable votes.

1,036 same votes 4 different votes 1,040 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 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
98 Aye 47 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 121 shared votes
61 Aye 60 No
98 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
98 Aye 47 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
52.6% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
608
47.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
38
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
112
-48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Contributions
58
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650

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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API