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Tahir Ali vs Sir Mel Stride

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 Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 913 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 886 different votes 913 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 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 83 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
80 Aye 38 No
55 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 111 shared votes
54 Aye 57 No
75 Aye 42 No
Tax 1% aligned 117 shared votes
41 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 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
78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
653
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
48.3 % of votes cast
565
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
936
51.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
55 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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