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Tim Farron vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

1,035 same votes 269 different votes 1,304 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
98 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
101 Aye 62 No
27 Aye 25 No
Trade 96% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 96% aligned 123 shared votes
36 Aye 87 No
24 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Education 43% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
86 Aye 61 No
Tax 59% aligned 147 shared votes
96 Aye 51 No
17 Aye 35 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 67% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
815
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
674
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

151
+69.2 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
156
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
171
+28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
25
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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