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Tahir Ali vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 900 different votes 944 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
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 78 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
74 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
9 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
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