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Sir Stephen Timms vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 1 different votes 369 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
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
48.9% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.1% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.5% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
182
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
286
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API