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Sir Stephen Timms vs Joy Morrissey

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 Joy Morrissey
Joy Morrissey
Con Beaconsfield

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Joy Morrissey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 961 different votes 1,001 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
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 4 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 87 No
Migration 2% aligned 122 shared votes
84 Aye 38 No
83 Aye 51 No
Tax 2% aligned 134 shared votes
48 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 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
80.9%
8% above average
Rank 183 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
1,658 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
661
49.3% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
680
50.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
70
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
99
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 339 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
£1,341,892
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£297,942
32% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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