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Shabana Mahmood vs Tahir Ali

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 731 shared comparable votes.

731 same votes 0 different votes 731 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
43 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
43 Aye 50 No
64 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
64 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
20 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
43 Aye 50 No
64 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
64 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
20 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 647
1,257
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.6 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
565
46.4 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

36
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 647
Appearances
23
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 647
580
+470.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 647
Contributions
33
-76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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