You can compare list using sort() or sorted(list), but be careful with sort() –

>>> c = [('d',4), ('c',3), ('a',1), ('b', 2)]
>>> a = [('a',1), ('b', 2), ('c',3), ('d',4)]
>>> a.sort() == c.sort()
True
>>>
>>> a = [('a',1), ('b', 2), ('c',3), ('d',4)]
>>> b = [('b',2), ('c', 3), ('a',1)]
>>>
>>> a.sort() == b.sort()
True
>>> a = [('a',1), ('b', 2), ('c',3), ('d',4)]
>>> b = [('b',2), ('c', 3), ('a',1)]
>>>
>>> sorted(a) == sorted(b)
False
>>>

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22442378/what-is-the-difference-between-sortedlist-vs-list-sort