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Sir Stephen Timms vs Jade Botterill

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 Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Jade Botterill voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 5 different votes 343 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
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
631 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
51.3% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 4 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
2
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
201
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
2
-162.6 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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