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Tim Farron vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Tim Farron and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 55% of the time, based on 543 shared comparable votes.

297 same votes 246 different votes 543 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
59 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 86 shared votes
62 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 8 No
Trade 88% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 12 No
Migration 69% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 13% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 16% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 27% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 28% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 30% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
815
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
674
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
Appearances
7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Contributions
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
25
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 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
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API