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Sir Stephen Timms vs Christine Jardine

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
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Photograph of Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Christine Jardine voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,194 shared comparable votes.

980 same votes 214 different votes 1,194 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
91 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
91 Aye 69 No
30 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 94 No
Migration 98% aligned 129 shared votes
36 Aye 93 No
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 94% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 30% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 12 No
Education 35% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 61% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
100 Aye 47 No
Tax 67% aligned 147 shared votes
92 Aye 55 No
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 649
Participation
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
831
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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