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Sir Stephen Timms vs Steve Barclay

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

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
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Photograph of Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Steve Barclay voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,285 different votes 1,344 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
95 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 167 shared votes
72 Aye 95 No
28 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
34 Aye 92 No
Migration 4% aligned 126 shared votes
89 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
63 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 134 shared votes
72 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,361 eligible divisions
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
805
47.7 % of votes cast
831
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
884
52.3 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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