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Nigel Farage vs Ed Davey

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Ed Davey voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 94 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 20 different votes 94 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
8 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Defence 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 91% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

30.7 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
60.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 571 of 650
173
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,267
2,094 eligible divisions
84
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
711
56.1 % of votes cast
89
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
556
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

15
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Appearances
56
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
17
-108.8 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Contributions
93
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
27 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
Aye
European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion 29 Oct 2025
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
No
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit 13 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API