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Luke Pollard vs Tim Farron

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Tim Farron voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,034 shared comparable votes.

858 same votes 176 different votes 1,034 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
86 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
86 Aye 60 No
6 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 10 No
Education 45% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
83 Aye 35 No
Tax 62% aligned 118 shared votes
70 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 65% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 69% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 648
Participation
63.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 648
1,444
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,465
2,312 eligible divisions
803
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
798
54.5 % of votes cast
641
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
667
45.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
Appearances
122
+61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 648
379
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 648
Contributions
141
+31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Migration
131 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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