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Sir Stephen Timms vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 628 shared comparable votes.

618 same votes 10 different votes 628 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
58 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
58 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
58 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 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 236 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 502 of 650
1,895
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
744
1,128 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
402
54.0% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
342
46.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
105
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
201
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Contributions
238
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5

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