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Sir Stephen Timms vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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
vs
Photograph of Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,467 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,410 different votes 1,467 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
23 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 35 No
Transport 3% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
38 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 137 shared votes
97 Aye 40 No
61 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 138 shared votes
77 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 648
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,312 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
48.6 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
927
51.4 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
76
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
79 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
148 of 169 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Transport
73 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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