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Tahir Ali vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 1,092 different votes 1,120 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
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
63 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 138 shared votes
72 Aye 66 No
96 Aye 53 No
Tax 1% aligned 149 shared votes
51 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 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 297 of 649
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,245
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
663
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
582
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

27
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API