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Sir Stephen Timms vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

215 same votes 146 different votes 361 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
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 73% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 47% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 54% aligned 13 shared votes
7 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below 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
4 of 4 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API