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Sir Stephen Timms vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,537 shared comparable votes.

1,532 same votes 5 different votes 1,537 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
129 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 202 shared votes
129 Aye 73 No
61 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
61 Aye 80 No
37 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
37 Aye 87 No
33 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
39 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
107 Aye 59 No
31 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
129 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 202 shared votes
129 Aye 73 No
61 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
61 Aye 80 No
37 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
37 Aye 87 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API