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Sir Stephen Timms vs Dr Zubir Ahmed

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
Photograph of Dr Zubir Ahmed
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Lab Glasgow South West

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Dr Zubir Ahmed voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 1 different votes 347 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
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
52.2% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
208
47.8% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.2% 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
72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£243,911
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,911
8% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API