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Tahir Ali vs Tim Farron

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
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Photograph of Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Tim Farron voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 860 shared comparable votes.

642 same votes 218 different votes 860 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
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 12 No
Education 34% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
75 Aye 36 No
Tax 44% aligned 111 shared votes
63 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 57% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 62% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 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 297 of 649
Participation
62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,245
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,482
2,361 eligible divisions
663
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
54.7 % of votes cast
582
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
671
45.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

27
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Contributions
168
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
24
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
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
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