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Sir Stephen Timms vs Laurence Turner

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 Laurence Turner
Laurence Turner
Lab Birmingham Northfield

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Laurence Turner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 0 different votes 373 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
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 648
Participation
88.6 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
526 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
50.9 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
229
49.1 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
140
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£166,730
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£166,730
26 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Education
47 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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