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Sir Stephen Timms vs Blake Stephenson

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

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Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 311 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
34 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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