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Tahir Ali vs Steve Race

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 Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Steve Race voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 425 shared comparable votes.

421 same votes 4 different votes 425 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
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 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
86.1%
14% above average
Rank 70 of 650
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
534
620 eligible divisions
676
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
52.6% of votes cast
608
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
253
47.4% 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

39
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
Appearances
105
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
60
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Contributions
121
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API