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Sir Stephen Timms vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,145 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,087 different votes 1,145 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 108 shared votes
55 Aye 53 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
23 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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