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Peter Lamb vs Rushanara Ali

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

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 485 shared comparable votes.

479 same votes 6 different votes 485 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
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Defence 83% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 650
572
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,839
2,406 eligible divisions
283
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.3% of votes cast
289
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.7% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

31
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
48
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
46
-110.6 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650
Contributions
45
-111.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
Aye
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API