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Sir Stephen Timms vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 506 shared comparable votes.

497 same votes 9 different votes 506 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
59 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
59 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
59 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 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 236 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
636
800 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
326
51.3% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
310
48.7% 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
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
88
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
201
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
100
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 386 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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