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Tahir Ali vs Robin Swann

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 Robin Swann
Robin Swann
UUP South Antrim

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Robin Swann voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 278 different votes 346 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Migration 40% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 39% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 36% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 6% aligned 89 shared votes
43 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 650
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,268
1,669 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
601 eligible divisions
670
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
54.2% of votes cast
598
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
207
45.8% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

32
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
125
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
47
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
Contributions
154
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£203,308
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£203,308
10% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
48 of 51 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Tax
96 of 113 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
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
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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