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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 1,031 shared comparable votes.

1,028 same votes 3 different votes 1,031 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
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 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
59 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 119 shared votes
60 Aye 59 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
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 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

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£2,112,426
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API