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Sir Stephen Timms vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,570 shared comparable votes.

1,563 same votes 7 different votes 1,570 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
113 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
113 Aye 77 No
108 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 180 shared votes
108 Aye 72 No
41 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 150 shared votes
41 Aye 109 No
64 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
64 Aye 80 No
51 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
51 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 13 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 38 No
Trade 99% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
113 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
113 Aye 77 No
108 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 180 shared votes
108 Aye 72 No
41 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 150 shared votes
41 Aye 109 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API