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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.

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,659 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,599 different votes 1,659 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
30 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 27 No
Transport 3% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
80 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 158 shared votes
79 Aye 79 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
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
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
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 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 (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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