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Sir Stephen Timms vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Andrew Western voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 598 shared comparable votes.

589 same votes 9 different votes 598 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
56 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
30 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
30 Aye 10 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
747
1,014 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
365
48.9% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
382
51.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
201
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
315
+150.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 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