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Tahir Ali vs Graham Stringer

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 Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Graham Stringer voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 857 shared comparable votes.

848 same votes 9 different votes 857 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
79 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
79 Aye 51 No
29 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
29 Aye 71 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 92% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 95% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
57 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 128 shared votes
58 Aye 70 No
79 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
79 Aye 51 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
57.8%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 650
1,283
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,389
2,405 eligible divisions
675
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
50.0% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
695
50.0% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
115
8.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
52
-102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
43
-111.6 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
154 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No rebel
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Amendment 4 30 Jan 2023
Work / Employment
No rebel
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
No rebel
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
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 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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