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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,590 shared comparable votes.

1,575 same votes 15 different votes 1,590 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
124 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
124 Aye 77 No
75 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 157 shared votes
75 Aye 82 No
37 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
31 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
124 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
124 Aye 77 No
75 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 157 shared votes
75 Aye 82 No
37 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 356 of 650
1,878
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,390 eligible divisions
1,030
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
848
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Appearances
100
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
221
+69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
155
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
66 of 70 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API