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Sir Stephen Timms vs Brendan O'Hara

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 Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

1,039 same votes 94 different votes 1,133 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
102 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
102 Aye 75 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 9 No
Energy 76% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
109 Aye 60 No
Tax 80% aligned 169 shared votes
113 Aye 56 No
31 Aye 22 No
Benefits 81% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 88% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 648
Participation
58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
155
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
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