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Ian Lavery vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Tim Farron voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 248 different votes 1,211 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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
100 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 158 shared votes
97 Aye 61 No
33 Aye 88 No
Migration 97% aligned 121 shared votes
33 Aye 88 No
25 Aye 24 No
Trade 96% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 52% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
90 Aye 42 No
Tax 59% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 28 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 62% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
149 of 171 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API