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Sir Stephen Timms vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,629 shared comparable votes.

1,622 same votes 7 different votes 1,629 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
138 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
138 Aye 74 No
74 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
74 Aye 77 No
41 Aye 106 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
41 Aye 106 No
47 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
47 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 39 No
Transport 100% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Benefits 96% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
104 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 174 shared votes
106 Aye 68 No
138 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
138 Aye 74 No
74 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
74 Aye 77 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
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API