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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,533 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,470 different votes 1,533 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
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
68 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 145 shared votes
77 Aye 68 No
12 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% 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
204 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API