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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

1,111 same votes 207 different votes 1,318 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
98 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
98 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 19 No
Education 49% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
117 Aye 57 No
Tax 71% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
9 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 74% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 75% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 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
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
155
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
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