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Peter Lamb vs Sir Stephen Timms

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

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 4 different votes 437 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
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 18 No
Defence 87% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 650
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
572
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,888
2,406 eligible divisions
283
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
289
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
854
45.2% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

29
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
59
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
43
-117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
204
+43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API