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Rishi Sunak vs Sir Stephen Timms

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 840 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 796 different votes 840 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
25 Aye 12 No
Migration 8% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

42.6 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 649
Participation
78.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 649
1,005
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
454
45.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
551
54.8 % of votes cast
No votes
831
44.9 % of votes cast
4
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

37
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Appearances
55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 650
Contributions
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21 % above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
9
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
167 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
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