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Tahir Ali vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 753 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 729 different votes 753 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
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
72 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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 294 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,242
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
663
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
579
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

28
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
37
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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