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Sir Stephen Timms vs Gareth Bacon

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

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Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,084 different votes 1,122 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
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 133 shared votes
95 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 28 No
Transport 2% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 648
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,401
1,594 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
48.8 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
718
51.2 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
53
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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