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Sir Stephen Timms vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,533 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,465 different votes 1,533 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
32 Aye 12 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
107 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 180 shared votes
74 Aye 106 No
66 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
78 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 108 No
Migration 3% aligned 146 shared votes
105 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 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
81.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 649
1,852
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,918
2,361 eligible divisions
1,021
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
925
48.2 % of votes cast
831
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
993
51.8 % of votes cast
13
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
209
+70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
32
-106.3 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
204 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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