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Sir Stephen Timms vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,558 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,474 different votes 1,558 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
32 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
104 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 175 shared votes
73 Aye 102 No
35 Aye 33 No
Transport 4% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 93 No
Migration 4% aligned 132 shared votes
90 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
33 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 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
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% 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
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
199 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API