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Tim Farron vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Catherine West voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,188 shared comparable votes.

985 same votes 203 different votes 1,188 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
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 87 No
Migration 96% aligned 122 shared votes
36 Aye 86 No
23 Aye 25 No
Trade 96% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Education 43% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 28 No
Devolution / Local Government 57% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
77 Aye 49 No
Tax 63% aligned 126 shared votes
81 Aye 45 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 75% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 76% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,505
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,776
2,406 eligible divisions
828
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
54.0% of votes cast
677
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

185
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
221
+59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Contributions
66
-96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 487 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

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