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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 858 shared comparable votes.

848 same votes 10 different votes 858 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
72 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
72 Aye 59 No
42 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 97% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
72 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
72 Aye 59 No
42 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 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 230 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,888
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
854
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
225
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API