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Sir Stephen Timms vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,216 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,216 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
4 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 75 No
Migration 4% aligned 99 shared votes
71 Aye 28 No
104 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 172 shared votes
63 Aye 109 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 56 shared votes
15 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API