Official portrait of Tahir Ali

Tahir Ali

Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, since 12 December 2019

Tahir Ali is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

Scorecard

77.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
443 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
132 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
4 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
137 Debates spoken in 120 written questions tabled

Ranked 235 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No vote 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No vote 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 Aye 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 Aye 257–128

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

£9,331

Name of donor: (1) Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (2) Chamber of Commerce Istanbul Turkiye
Address of donor: (1) 30 Charles Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5DZ (2) Binbirdirek Meydani Sok, No:1, 34400, Fatih Istanbul, Turkiye
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (£6,851.20), accommodation (£1,580.31) and meals (£900), value £9,331.51 (2) Accomodation: four nights in Madinah, value £1,400
Destination of visit: Saudi Arabia
Dates of visit: 8 October 2025 to 18 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Delegation of MPs and Peers to meet several Saudi Ministers, royal family members and members of the Shura Council, in relation to: trade, defence, tourism (Hajj/Umrah), education and energy. A dinner was hosted at the British Embassy with the Ambassador to promote Saudi-British relations
(Registered 13 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Birmingham
(Registered 8 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Director of Tahir Ali Campaigns Ltd. A company established for my re-election campaign.
Date interest arose: 15 June 2024
(Registered 8 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Engineer, Royal Mail. On unpaid leave since 13 December 2019.
(Registered 8 January 2020; updated 14 April 2020)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

137 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £23,386 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
8 Oct 2025 Tahir Ali sitting MP Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Other Visit £9,331
24 May 2025 Tahir Ali sitting MP Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other Visit £6,736
15 Feb 2025 Tahir Ali sitting MP Omani British Lawyers’ Association Other Visit £7,318

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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