Compare

Tahir Ali vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

788 same votes 165 different votes 953 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
20 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 42 No
Tax 59% aligned 128 shared votes
86 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 71% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
65 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 135 shared votes
66 Aye 69 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
653
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
565
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

23
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
33
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API