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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,295 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,241 different votes 1,295 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
28 Aye 29 No
Trade 9% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 64 No
Migration 4% aligned 91 shared votes
64 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
40 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 57 shared votes
17 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API