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Sir Stephen Timms vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,581 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,508 different votes 1,581 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
25 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 106 No
Migration 4% aligned 142 shared votes
103 Aye 39 No
68 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
76 Aye 67 No
103 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
69 Aye 105 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API