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Sir Stephen Timms vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,386 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,323 different votes 1,386 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
22 Aye 10 No
Energy 9% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
109 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 175 shared votes
67 Aye 108 No
32 Aye 55 No
Migration 5% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
46 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 65 shared votes
19 Aye 46 No
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
8
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
197 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API