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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,139 different votes 1,189 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
24 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 87 No
Migration 4% aligned 122 shared votes
84 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 6 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
89 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 148 shared votes
59 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Benefits 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
277
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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