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Sir Stephen Timms vs Blair McDougall

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

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 1 different votes 344 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
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API