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Sir Stephen Timms vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Chris McDonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 1 different votes 355 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
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% 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
93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
8
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API