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Tahir Ali vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,006 shared comparable votes.

1,003 same votes 3 different votes 1,006 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
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 119 shared votes
60 Aye 59 No
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 295 of 647
Participation
79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 647
1,226
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,857
2,333 eligible divisions
655
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
54.6 % of votes cast
571
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
844
45.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 647
Appearances
27
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 647
30
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 647
Contributions
37
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
5
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 173 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API