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Sir Stephen Timms vs Tom Tugendhat

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
vs
Photograph of Tom Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,324 different votes 1,408 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
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 4% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 93 No
Migration 4% aligned 127 shared votes
92 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
128 Aye 64 No
Tax 1% aligned 192 shared votes
62 Aye 130 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% 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
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
119
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
45
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
191 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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