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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mark Ferguson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 9 different votes 383 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
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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 232 of 650
Participation
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
1,898
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
636 eligible divisions
1,042
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
301
53.0% of votes cast
856
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
267
47.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
22
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
38
-129.2 vs Commons average
Rank 580 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API