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Tim Farron vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 36 different votes 236 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
21 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Housing 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
1,505
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
620 eligible divisions
828
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
45.9% of votes cast
677
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
242
54.1% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

182
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
Appearances
102
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
218
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
208
+46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
25
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Tax
93 of 114 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API