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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,555 shared comparable votes.

1,550 same votes 5 different votes 1,555 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
125 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
125 Aye 78 No
42 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 149 shared votes
42 Aye 107 No
75 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
75 Aye 61 No
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
45 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
45 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
125 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 203 shared votes
125 Aye 78 No
42 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 149 shared votes
42 Aye 107 No
75 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
75 Aye 61 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
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API