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Rushanara Ali vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Chris Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 4 different votes 392 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
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

76.4%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 385 of 650
1,839
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
620 eligible divisions
1,036
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
52.2% of votes cast
803
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
213
47.8% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650
Appearances
78
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
45
-117.0 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Contributions
231
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API