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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sarah Olney

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

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
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Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sarah Olney voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

791 same votes 239 different votes 1,030 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
36 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 93 No
Migration 97% aligned 112 shared votes
20 Aye 92 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 92% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 16 No
Education 38% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 50% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
78 Aye 43 No
Tax 61% aligned 121 shared votes
77 Aye 44 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
155
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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