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Jim McMahon vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Tim Farron voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,148 shared comparable votes.

900 same votes 248 different votes 1,148 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
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
97 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
94 Aye 61 No
20 Aye 26 No
Trade 96% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 84 No
Migration 95% aligned 113 shared votes
27 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Education 37% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 39 shared votes
8 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 28 No
Devolution / Local Government 52% aligned 44 shared votes
9 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 58% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
84 Aye 45 No
Tax 60% aligned 129 shared votes
80 Aye 49 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API