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Tim Farron vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 139 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 126 different votes 139 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 648
Participation
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
1,465
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
798
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
667
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
140
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
53 of 59 votes
#1
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API