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Tahir Ali vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

1,047 same votes 4 different votes 1,051 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
38 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
38 Aye 87 No
73 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
73 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 19 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 119 shared votes
52 Aye 67 No
38 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
38 Aye 87 No
73 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
73 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 19 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
Appearances
54
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
58
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
65
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API