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Sir Stephen Timms vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Jake Richards voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 8 different votes 331 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
37 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 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 232 of 650
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 428 of 650
1,898
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
636 eligible divisions
1,042
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
50.8% of votes cast
856
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
218
49.2% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Appearances
69
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
209
+41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
290
+122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API