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Mr Paul Foster vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Tim Farron voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 230 different votes 271 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
470
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,485
2,366 eligible divisions
238
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
813
54.7% of votes cast
232
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.3% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

37
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Appearances
143
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
59
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
161
+23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Transport
28 of 29 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