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Sir Stephen Timms vs Gareth Thomas
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Stephen Timms and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,449 shared comparable votes.
1,438 same votes
11 different votes
1,449 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
78.5%
6% above average
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
1,878
2,391 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,588
2,391 eligible divisions
1,030
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
56.6% of votes cast
848
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
689
43.4% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
59
-27.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
44
-42.9 vs Commons average
221
+69.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
48
-103.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API