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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 274 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 57 different votes 274 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
22 Aye 40 No
Tax 94% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 650
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 422 of 650
1,513
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
631 eligible divisions
831
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
49.2% of votes cast
682
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
225
50.8% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

184
+89.8 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
209
+114.8 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
218
+53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
295
+130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
14
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
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
94 of 121 votes

Recent voting overlap

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