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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mike Reader voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 2 different votes 356 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
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
631 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
52.0% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
224
48.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
201
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
118
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 337 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Tax
99 of 121 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API