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Tahir Ali vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Jim McMahon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,027 shared comparable votes.

1,027 same votes 0 different votes 1,027 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
88 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
88 Aye 50 No
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
54 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
31 Aye 85 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
88 Aye 50 No
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
54 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
31 Aye 85 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
87
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API