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Sir Stephen Timms vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Julia Lopez voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,453 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,385 different votes 1,453 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
25 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
39 Aye 102 No
Migration 4% aligned 141 shared votes
99 Aye 42 No
30 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
185 of 188 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 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
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
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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