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Sir Stephen Timms vs Tom Rutland

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Tom Rutland voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 9 different votes 401 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
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
Participation
81.0%
9% above average
Rank 174 of 650
1,895
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
633 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.3% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
72
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
94
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Transport
30 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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