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Sir Stephen Timms vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 981 different votes 1,033 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
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 131 shared votes
91 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API