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Rushanara Ali vs Joe Robertson

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 Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Joe Robertson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 330 different votes 342 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
31 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
31 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 337 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
526 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.2 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
222
56.8 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
128
+67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Contributions
222
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Tax
93 of 108 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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