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Rushanara Ali vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

423 same votes 0 different votes 423 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
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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
93.3 %
20 % above average
Rank 10 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
526 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
256
52.1 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
235
47.9 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4 % 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
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Contributions
74
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 324 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Transport
21 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API