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Derek Twigg vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,240 shared comparable votes.

1,225 same votes 15 different votes 1,240 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
111 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
111 Aye 61 No
62 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
62 Aye 58 No
27 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
27 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
23 Aye 37 No
34 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 15 No
Benefits 93% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
97 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 143 shared votes
94 Aye 49 No
111 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
111 Aye 61 No
62 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
62 Aye 58 No
27 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
27 Aye 53 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Contributions
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
1
1 registered category
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 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