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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Tim Farron voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 903 shared comparable votes.

714 same votes 189 different votes 903 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
87 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 135 shared votes
84 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 24 No
Trade 98% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 34 No
Migration 92% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 28% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 45% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
67 Aye 35 No
Tax 55% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 56% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
Contributions
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API