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Sir Stephen Timms vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,770 shared comparable votes.

1,756 same votes 14 different votes 1,770 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
145 Aye 88 No
Tax 100% aligned 233 shared votes
145 Aye 88 No
84 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 170 shared votes
84 Aye 86 No
42 Aye 110 No
Migration 100% aligned 152 shared votes
42 Aye 110 No
37 Aye 40 No
Transport 100% aligned 77 shared votes
37 Aye 40 No
49 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
49 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
39 Aye 38 No
Trade 99% aligned 77 shared votes
38 Aye 39 No
145 Aye 88 No
Tax 100% aligned 233 shared votes
145 Aye 88 No
84 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 170 shared votes
84 Aye 86 No
42 Aye 110 No
Migration 100% aligned 152 shared votes
42 Aye 110 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
1,877
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,387 eligible divisions
1,030
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,090
55.5% of votes cast
847
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
875
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
152
+66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
221
+72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
645
+496.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 70 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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