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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,688 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,625 different votes 1,688 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
12 Aye 24 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
80 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 158 shared votes
79 Aye 79 No
36 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 67 shared votes
17 Aye 50 No
39 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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