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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 1,509 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,448 different votes 1,509 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 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 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
37 Aye 103 No
Migration 3% aligned 140 shared votes
101 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
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
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 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
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,832
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
1,014
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
818
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
31 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
155
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£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
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API