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Sir John Whittingdale vs Tim Farron

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Tim Farron voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,240 shared comparable votes.

205 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,240 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
19 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 54% aligned 39 shared votes
7 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 51% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 50 shared votes
11 Aye 39 No
45 Aye 87 No
Tax 36% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No
22 Aye 26 No
Defence 23% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 2% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
88 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 126 shared votes
34 Aye 92 No
58 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,482
2,361 eligible divisions
908
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
54.7% of votes cast
993
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
671
45.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Contributions
168
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API