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Sir Stephen Timms vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,599 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,525 different votes 1,599 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
108 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 180 shared votes
69 Aye 111 No
30 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
81 Aye 87 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 168 shared votes
88 Aye 80 No
13 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 16 No
Benefits 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API