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Tahir Ali vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,008 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 966 different votes 1,008 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
15 Aye 15 No
Trade 13% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 79 No
Migration 6% aligned 115 shared votes
74 Aye 41 No
7 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
7 Aye 31 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 291 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Contributions
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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