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Nigel Farage vs Tim Farron

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 Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Tim Farron voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 109 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 18 different votes 109 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
11 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 91% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

30.6 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 545 of 650
171
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,477
2,344 eligible divisions
84
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
808
54.7 % of votes cast
87
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
669
45.3 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

15
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
142
+72.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
17
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
157
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
23
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
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
Migration
131 of 169 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
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