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John McDonnell vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Tim Farron voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

997 same votes 249 different votes 1,246 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
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 98% aligned 123 shared votes
33 Aye 90 No
98 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 160 shared votes
95 Aye 65 No
22 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 94% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 54% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
93 Aye 42 No
Tax 61% aligned 135 shared votes
78 Aye 57 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 64% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 66% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
24
1.3% 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

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Defence
63 of 71 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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API