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Tahir Ali vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 773 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 753 different votes 773 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
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 14% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 49 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 13 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 83 shared votes
45 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
653
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
565
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Appearances
97
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 648
Contributions
267
+158.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
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