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Sir Stephen Timms vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Ed Miliband voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,239 shared comparable votes.

1,228 same votes 11 different votes 1,239 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
95 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
95 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
26 Aye 103 No
37 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
37 Aye 62 No
24 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 170 shared votes
106 Aye 64 No
95 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
95 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
26 Aye 103 No
37 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
37 Aye 62 No
24 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 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 230 of 650
Participation
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 650
1,888
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,405 eligible divisions
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
854
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
54
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
224
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
637
+483.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 212 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 70 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