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Chris Law vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

937 same votes 92 different votes 1,029 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
102 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
102 Aye 74 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Energy 62% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
102 Aye 53 No
Tax 75% aligned 155 shared votes
100 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 81% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,888
2,406 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
854
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

62
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
58
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
69
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
203
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
196 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API