 Timmons found accommodation at the home of the Mayor and Mayoress of Lambeth in Denny Crescent, Kennington with other Scottish MPs including John Rankin (politician).At Westminster Timmons rarely spoke, nevertheless as a former coal miner Timmons spoke at length on the industry in debates.He was a member of the left-wing faction who disapproved of the continuation of National Service and supported Aneurin Bevan in the early 1950s.