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Sir Stephen Timms vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 9 different votes 365 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
35 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,898
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
636 eligible divisions
1,042
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
47.7% of votes cast
856
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
255
52.3% 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
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
95
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
201
+34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
174
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

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