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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 833 shared comparable votes.

833 same votes 0 different votes 833 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
62 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
62 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
32 Aye 62 No
48 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
48 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
62 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
32 Aye 62 No
48 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
48 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.6 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
565
46.4 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
5
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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