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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 742 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 713 different votes 742 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
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
84 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 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
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % 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
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
188
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
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
16 of 16 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 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 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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