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Ian Lavery vs Sir Stephen Timms

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

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,652 shared comparable votes.

1,631 same votes 21 different votes 1,652 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
140 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 218 shared votes
140 Aye 78 No
37 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Benefits 89% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 22 No
Housing 98% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
110 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
32 Aye 36 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
52 Aye 19 No
Education 99% aligned 71 shared votes
53 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
809
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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