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Sir Stephen Timms vs Gareth Snell

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 Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Gareth Snell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.

772 same votes 18 different votes 790 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
74 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
74 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 96% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
74 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
74 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 236 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
631 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
49.3% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
279
50.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
201
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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