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Sir Stephen Timms vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Stephen Timms and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,498 shared comparable votes.
1,490 same votes
8 different votes
1,498 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
78.6%
6% above average
Participation
69.0%
3% below average
1,878
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,649
2,390 eligible divisions
1,030
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.9% of votes cast
848
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
727
44.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
59
-27.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-37.9 vs Commons average
221
+69.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
37
-114.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API