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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mark Garnier

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mark Garnier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,615 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,544 different votes 1,615 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
109 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 184 shared votes
77 Aye 107 No
26 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 4% aligned 138 shared votes
100 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 34 No
Transport 3% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
210 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API