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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 1,055 shared comparable votes.

1,052 same votes 3 different votes 1,055 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 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
93 Aye 52 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 123 shared votes
61 Aye 62 No
93 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
93 Aye 52 No
30 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
30 Aye 83 No
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
Appearances
56
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
58
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
72
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 465 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API