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Tim Farron vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Rachel Blake voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 233 different votes 269 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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 547 of 649
Participation
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 140 of 649
1,487
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
587 eligible divisions
815
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
51.4% of votes cast
672
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
48.6% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
164
+22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Contributions
90
-51.2 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
24
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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