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Tim Farron vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Paula Barker voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.

670 same votes 250 different votes 920 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 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 78 No
Migration 98% aligned 101 shared votes
25 Aye 76 No
17 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 10 No
Education 33% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
61 Aye 43 No
Tax 53% aligned 104 shared votes
70 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 60% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 31 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
815
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
674
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

153
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
174
+30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
25
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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