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Tahir Ali vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Michael Payne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 4 different votes 369 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
55 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
55 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
55 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 650
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 303 of 650
1,284
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
475
631 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
52.2% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
227
47.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
Appearances
24
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
58
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
27
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
32 of 32 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Tax
110 of 121 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API