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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sarah Coombes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 9 different votes 400 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
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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 237 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 171 of 650
1,897
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
635 eligible divisions
1,042
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
50.2% of votes cast
855
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
257
49.8% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
86
-81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 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