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Tim Farron vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Ian Lavery voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 248 different votes 1,211 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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
97 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 158 shared votes
100 Aye 58 No
33 Aye 88 No
Migration 97% aligned 121 shared votes
33 Aye 88 No
25 Aye 24 No
Trade 96% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 36 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 52% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
80 Aye 52 No
Tax 59% aligned 132 shared votes
90 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 35 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 22 No
Defence 62% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
815
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
674
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

151
+68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
171
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
25
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API