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Sir Stephen Timms vs David Reed

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
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David Reed
Con Exmouth and Exeter East

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and David Reed voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 238 different votes 256 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
51.1% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
180
48.9% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
120
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
179
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 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
£195,694
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£195,694
13% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
80 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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