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Tahir Ali vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 491 shared comparable votes.

486 same votes 5 different votes 491 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
65 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
65 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 18 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
65 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
65 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 18 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
626
789 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
319
51.0% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
307
49.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

35
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
80
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
52
-104.6 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
Contributions
90
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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