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Fred Thomas vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Tim Farron voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 213 different votes 240 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 23% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
19 Aye 39 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

42
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
56
-86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Contributions
168
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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