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Tim Farron vs Sir Keir Starmer

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Sir Keir Starmer voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 660 shared comparable votes.

614 same votes 46 different votes 660 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
15 Aye 23 No
Trade 100% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 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
38.6 %
35 % below average
Rank 634 of 648
1,465
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
893
2,312 eligible divisions
798
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
545
61.0 % of votes cast
667
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
348
39.0 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 648
Appearances
43
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 648
Contributions
1,370
+1262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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
£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£232,065
3 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 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
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 88 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5
Transport
42 of 87 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