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Rushanara Ali vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,547 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,472 different votes 1,547 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
20 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
111 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 184 shared votes
70 Aye 114 No
39 Aye 32 No
Trade 4% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 198 shared votes
67 Aye 131 No
30 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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