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Tahir Ali vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 991 shared comparable votes.

991 same votes 0 different votes 991 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
80 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
80 Aye 53 No
49 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
49 Aye 62 No
33 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
33 Aye 72 No
26 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
80 Aye 53 No
49 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
49 Aye 62 No
33 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
33 Aye 72 No
26 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,648
2,406 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
54.6% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
748
45.4% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

39
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
Appearances
44
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 650
60
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Contributions
161
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
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