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Sir Stephen Timms vs John Lamont

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
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John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,449 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,391 different votes 1,449 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
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 4% aligned 138 shared votes
100 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
94 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 159 shared votes
64 Aye 95 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 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 233 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
831
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
236
+97.7 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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
83 of 87 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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