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Andy Burnham vs Tim Farron

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham
Lab Makerfield
vs
Photograph of Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Andy Burnham and Tim Farron voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 56 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 9 different votes 56 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
2 Aye 3 No
Tax 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Tax 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

42.9 %
30 % below average
Rank 630 of 650
Participation
63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 650
3
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,340 eligible divisions
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
808
54.7 % of votes cast
3
100.0 % of votes cast
No votes
668
45.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
0 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

0
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 650
Appearances
136
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
0
-120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 642 of 650
Contributions
151
+30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,183,202
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£84,964
62 % below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
23
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

Defence
3 of 6 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
No topic data
#2
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
No topic data
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
No topic data
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
No topic data
#5
Migration
131 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Opposition motion: The Government's plan for Brexit motion as amended 7 Dec 2016
No
Aye
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election 19 Apr 2017
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 1 29 Mar 2017
Benefits
Aye
No
EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 2 Motion to disagree 13 Mar 2017
Brexit / EU
No
No
EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree 13 Mar 2017
Brexit / EU
No
No
Standing Orders (Public Business) 7 Mar 2017
Transport
No
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 192 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 57 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 86 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 11 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API