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Sir Stephen Timms vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Steve Witherden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 11 different votes 392 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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 232 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,898
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
511
636 eligible divisions
1,042
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.5% of votes cast
856
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
66
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
217
+47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
Contributions
86
-83.2 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

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