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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mark Sewards

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mark Sewards voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 5 different votes 379 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
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 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 236 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
631 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
47.6% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
52.4% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
199
+105.0 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
202
+38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
Contributions
210
+46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 156 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
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API