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Tim Farron vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

173 same votes 25 different votes 198 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
18 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 92% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Housing 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 10 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 650
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 650
1,476
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
554 eligible divisions
808
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
196
45.0 % of votes cast
668
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
240
55.0 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

136
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Appearances
75
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
151
+30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Contributions
113
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
23
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

Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 33 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API