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Sir Stephen Timms vs Alan Strickland

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

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Alan Strickland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 1 different votes 401 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
43 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
43 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
43 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 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
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
34
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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