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Sir Stephen Timms vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Rachel Blake voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 8 different votes 412 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
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
Participation
83.6%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
1,895
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
529
633 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
51.8% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.2% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
85
-11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
112
-55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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