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Tahir Ali vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Chris McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 2 different votes 381 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
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 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
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 252 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
620 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.5% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.5% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

39
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650
Appearances
95
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
60
-103.5 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Contributions
415
+251.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
60 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API