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Tahir Ali vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 775 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 739 different votes 775 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
7 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
35 Aye 61 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
39
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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