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Tim Farron vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Jim Allister voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

202 same votes 53 different votes 255 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
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 38 No
Tax 95% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 88% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
815
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
674
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

151
+69.2 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
192
+110.2 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
171
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Contributions
250
+107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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