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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 10% of the time, based on 146 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 131 different votes 146 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
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 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
11 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
46.1 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
1,482
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
265
575 eligible divisions
811
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
117
44.2 % of votes cast
671
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
148
55.8 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
168
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
24
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 111 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