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Sir Stephen Timms vs Alan Gemmell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 9 different votes 377 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
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 252 of 650
1,898
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
636 eligible divisions
1,042
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
52.0% of votes cast
856
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
75
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
90
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
64 of 71 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API