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Nigel Farage vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Keir Mather voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 126 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 120 different votes 126 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Education 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
50 of 52 votes
No topic data
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
No topic data
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
No topic data
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
No topic data
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API