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Sir Stephen Timms · Labour Party · sitting since 09 Jun 1994 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
11643days
from 09 Jun 1994
Divisions
392
of 504 possible
Attendance
78%
112 absent / paired
Whip alignment
98%
vs party majority
Speeches
292
45 debates
Written Qs
0
tabled
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£273k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 108 claims
Interests
3
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 74 | |
| Economy | 73 | |
| Employment | 49 | |
| Crime & Policing | 37 | |
| Education | 36 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 27 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Housing | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Environment | 1 | — |
| Social Care | 36 | 24,181 |
| Labour Market | 27 | 21,825 |
| Fiscal Policy | 10 | 13,184 |
| Economy Jobs | 14 | 10,092 |
| Health | 14 | 9,103 |
| Cost Of Living | 13 | 7,124 |
| Education | 4 | 4,288 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have voluntarily st… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes to… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77Vote on an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under th… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026No, we are only aligning with the very highest standards worldwide. The question is: what is the framework for that? We are adopting the UN framework, and we think that is the righ… EnvironmentEconomy JobsHealth | 477 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026I cannot say how many of the 173 have had such calls made in relation to them, but my guess is that some of them probably have because of the nature of the substances. As the hon. … EnvironmentEconomy JobsHealth | 397 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026. I am delighted to s… EnvironmentEconomy JobsHealth | 1,926 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026I am grateful for the Committee’s support for this statutory instrument. I will have a go at answering the questions raised. Is there a possibility that any of these 173 substances… EnvironmentEconomy JobsHealth | 42 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Draft Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026Committee rose. EnvironmentEconomy JobsHealth | 2 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Carer’s Allowance OverpaymentsI am delighted to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Anna Dixon) on securing this extremely timely debate,… Social CareCost Of LivingFiscal Policy | 559 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Carer’s Allowance OverpaymentsMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. I will come on to that, because there is some progress in that area. As my hon. Friend said, having made the change to the earnings limit, w… Social CareCost Of LivingFiscal Policy | 497 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Carer’s Allowance OverpaymentsLet me come to that point in a moment. I saw the article that my hon. Friend refers to. It is an important point, and I will address it in a couple of minutes. My hon. Friends have… Social CareCost Of LivingFiscal Policy | 1,176 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Work Capability AssessmentsThe hon. Lady is right to raise this matter. She is also right that the Department prioritises initial assessments, so that people without any support at all get it as soon as poss… Social CareLabour MarketCost Of Living | 89 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsThe new disability advisory panel—chaired by Zara Todd, whom the hon. Gentleman may know—will be working with us on reform of Access to Work. We have increased the number of staff … Labour MarketEducationSocial Care | 95 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsThere is a serious problem with Access to Work delays—on 16 February, the application backlog was 66,699—which is why we have substantially increased the number of staff working on… Labour MarketEducationSocial Care | 67 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsYes, I do agree. As my hon. Friend will know, we have set up a review of personal independence payment, which is under way at the moment. We have a steering group of 12 individuals… Labour MarketEducationSocial Care | 96 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Worker Protection: Hazardous Medicinal ProductsThe Health and Safety Executive is working to ensure that employers know their duties under COSHH—the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2022, as amended. Those … HealthLabour Market | 47 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Worker Protection: Hazardous Medicinal ProductsMy hon. Friend make an interesting suggestion, and I know there has been some campaigning around this issue. The Health and Safety Executive has not seen evidence that the current … HealthLabour Market | 99 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this matter. She might know of the Connect to Work service we have introduced, which will be available across the whole country by summer. The meth… Labour MarketEducationSocial Care | 76 |
D · Written questions
No written questions tabled by this MP in our records.
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 101 | 30,149 | 11.0% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 114 | 0.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,454 | 0.5% |
| Staffing | 0 | 241,345 | 88.4% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 30 | 21,704 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 4,600 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 17 | 1,330 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 11 | 963 |
| Translation services - other languages | Office Costs | 21 | 960 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 245 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 7 | 222 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 11 | 91 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 30 |
| Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Office Costs | 1 | 4 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 1,360 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 200 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | Hindi translator for constituent at advice surgery | 34 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | BREATHEHR [200011725-6346] | 22 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Printing and delivery of business cards | 289 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 1,020 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 200 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | Gujarati interpreter for constituent at advice surgery. | 34 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | Bengali interpreter for constituent at advice surgery. | 34 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | BREATHEHR | 22 | Paid |
| 31 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SQSP [***] | 58 | Paid |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 1,485 | Paid |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 250 | Paid |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | Payment of Urdu interpreter for constituent at advice surgery. | 34 | Paid |
| 19 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | BREATHEHR | 22 | Paid |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 17 | Paid |
| 07 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | POST OFFICE COUNTER | 5 | Paid |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | Italian interpreter for constituency advice surgery | 34 | Paid |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | BREATHEHR | 22 | Paid |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 1,700 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous3 entries
18 Apr 2024
Trustee, Parliamentary Christian Trust.
(Registered 10 May 2018)
18 Apr 2024
Chair of Trustees, Traidcraft Foundation.
(Registered 10 May 2018)
18 Apr 2024
Trustee, East Thirteen Christian Trust.
(Registered 10 May 2018)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 17 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boleyn | Mehmood Mirza | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,153 | 13 Jul 2023 |
| East Ham | Femi Falola | Labour Party | 1,709 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Ham | Imam Haque | Labour Party | 1,725 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Ham | Shantu Ferdous | Labour Party | 1,693 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Ham South | Lakmini Shah | Labour Party | 1,948 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Ham South | Musawwar Alam | Labour Party | 2,212 | 05 May 2022 |
| East Ham South | Susan Masters | Labour Party | 2,135 | 05 May 2022 |
| Green Street East | Larisa Zilickaja | Labour Party | 1,721 | 05 May 2022 |
| Green Street East | Miraj Patel | Labour Party | 2,347 | 05 May 2022 |
| Green Street East | Mohammed Muzibur Rahman | Labour Party | 2,151 | 05 May 2022 |
| Little Ilford | Akhtarul Alam | Labour Party | 884 | 18 Jul 2024 |
| Manor Park | Jenny Bailey | Labour Party | 2,155 | 05 May 2022 |
| Manor Park | Mariam Dawood | Labour Party | 2,271 | 05 May 2022 |
| Manor Park | Salim Patel | Labour Party | 2,177 | 05 May 2022 |
| Plashet | Pushpa Dipaklal Makwana | Labour Party | 1,115 | 05 May 2022 |
| Plashet | Zuber Gulamussen | Labour Party | 1,378 | 05 May 2022 |
| Wall End | Stephanie Louise Garfield | Labour Party | 1,659 | 13 Jul 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 125,397 | Electorate 79,219 (2024) |
| Median age | 32 | years |
| Degree-educated | 33.6% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 20.6% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 39.5% | households |
| Private-rented | 38.7% | households |
| Social-rented | 21.6% | households |
| Employment rate | 54.0% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.