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Sir Stephen Timms vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Helen Grant voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,417 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,350 different votes 1,417 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
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 67 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
63 Aye 39 No
106 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 181 shared votes
74 Aye 107 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
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
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