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Sir Stephen Timms vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and David Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

317 same votes 1 different votes 318 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 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 333 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
8
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
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API