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Sir Stephen Timms vs Olivia Bailey

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 Olivia Bailey
Olivia Bailey
Lab Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Olivia Bailey voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 0 different votes 330 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
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
72.7%
same as average
Rank 364 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
49.7% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
216
50.3% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
70
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
199
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
Contributions
216
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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