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Sir Stephen Timms vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Jeff Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,393 shared comparable votes.

1,382 same votes 11 different votes 1,393 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
115 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
115 Aye 71 No
64 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
64 Aye 72 No
30 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No
76 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 110 shared votes
76 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 20 No
Trade 98% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
115 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
115 Aye 71 No
64 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
64 Aye 72 No
30 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
1,883
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,396 eligible divisions
1,030
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
54.3% of votes cast
853
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
871
45.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Appearances
54
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
223
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
70
-81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 76 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API