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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sarah Owen

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
vs
Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sarah Owen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 937 shared comparable votes.

936 same votes 1 different votes 937 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
34 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
34 Aye 86 No
71 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
71 Aye 42 No
43 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
43 Aye 62 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
34 Aye 86 No
71 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
71 Aye 42 No
43 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
43 Aye 62 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 232 of 647
Participation
66.9 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 647
1,836
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,080
1,615 eligible divisions
1,014
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
560
51.9 % of votes cast
822
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
520
48.1 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
32 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

51
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 650
Appearances
54
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
149
+31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Contributions
67
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
48 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 64 votes
#2
Defence
51 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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