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Sir Stephen Timms vs Naz Shah

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 Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Naz Shah voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,398 shared comparable votes.

1,393 same votes 5 different votes 1,398 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
105 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
64 Aye 89 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
64 Aye 89 No
31 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
31 Aye 83 No
30 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
39 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
105 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
105 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
64 Aye 89 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
64 Aye 89 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 232 of 649
Participation
65.3%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
1,859
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,547
2,368 eligible divisions
1,022
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
859
55.5% of votes cast
837
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
688
44.5% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Appearances
17
-63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
192
+52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Contributions
20
-119.4 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£312,636
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
56 of 66 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API