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Sir Stephen Timms vs Matt Vickers

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

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Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
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Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Matt Vickers voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,016 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 977 different votes 1,016 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
21 Aye 5 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
85 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
50 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 119 shared votes
68 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 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
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,262
1,594 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
603
47.8 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
659
52.2 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
85
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
46 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
135 of 152 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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