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Sir Stephen Timms vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,567 shared comparable votes.

1,557 same votes 10 different votes 1,567 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
114 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
114 Aye 69 No
66 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
66 Aye 85 No
38 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
38 Aye 107 No
34 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
44 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
44 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Benefits 96% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
105 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 177 shared votes
108 Aye 69 No
114 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
114 Aye 69 No
66 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
66 Aye 85 No
38 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
38 Aye 107 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
1,878
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
1,030
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
848
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Appearances
24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
221
+69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
66 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Record Copies of Act 20 Apr 2016
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API