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Sir Stephen Timms vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,374 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,310 different votes 1,374 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
30 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 34 No
Transport 3% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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