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Tahir Ali vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,074 shared comparable votes.

1,068 same votes 6 different votes 1,074 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
100 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
100 Aye 53 No
31 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
31 Aye 64 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 128 shared votes
61 Aye 67 No
100 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
100 Aye 53 No
31 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
31 Aye 64 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
1,283
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
675
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
52
-102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
125
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API