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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,547 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,474 different votes 1,547 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 31 No
Trade 8% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 6% aligned 138 shared votes
96 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
44 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 57 shared votes
13 Aye 44 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% 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
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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