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Rushanara Ali vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 1 different votes 400 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
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 96% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
87
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API