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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 1,048 shared comparable votes.

1,048 same votes 0 different votes 1,048 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
55 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
55 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
31 Aye 85 No
31 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
88 Aye 50 No
55 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
55 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
31 Aye 85 No
31 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,725
2,406 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
961
55.7% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.3% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

38
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
Appearances
89
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
58
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
243
+82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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