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Sir Stephen Timms vs Liam Byrne

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 Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Liam Byrne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

1,451 same votes 5 different votes 1,456 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
118 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
118 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
31 Aye 101 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
42 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
109 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
118 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
118 Aye 64 No
31 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
31 Aye 101 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 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 230 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
1,888
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.3% of votes cast
854
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
711
44.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

62
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
225
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API