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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 2 different votes 389 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
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 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 231 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 650
1,888
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
620 eligible divisions
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.7% of votes cast
854
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.6% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Appearances
52
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
204
+42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Contributions
90
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API