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Tahir Ali vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,010 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 964 different votes 1,010 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
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 85 No
Migration 6% aligned 120 shared votes
78 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 139 shared votes
50 Aye 89 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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