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Sir Stephen Timms vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

371 same votes 2 different votes 373 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
47 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
47 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 236 of 650
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
631 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
50.8% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
246
49.2% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
201
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
153
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API