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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,532 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,453 different votes 1,532 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
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 7% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
40 Aye 103 No
Migration 4% aligned 143 shared votes
100 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API