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Sir Stephen Timms vs Melanie Ward

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

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 1 different votes 336 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
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
93
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API