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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sarah Champion voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,529 shared comparable votes.

1,506 same votes 23 different votes 1,529 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
131 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
131 Aye 77 No
71 Aye 88 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 159 shared votes
71 Aye 88 No
40 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
40 Aye 102 No
27 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
88 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 154 shared votes
94 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 14 No
Energy 98% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
131 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 208 shared votes
131 Aye 77 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 227 of 650
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
1,878
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,390 eligible divisions
1,030
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
54.5% of votes cast
848
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
764
45.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

59
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Appearances
52
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
221
+69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
94
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
66 of 70 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 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