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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 1,528 shared comparable votes.
1,523 same votes
5 different votes
1,528 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
78.4 %
6 % above average
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.2 % of votes cast
831
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API