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Alistair Strathern vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 430 different votes 441 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
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
36 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 204 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,333 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
47.2 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
985
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
328
+261.6 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
66
-52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
426
+308.0 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Defence
58 of 64 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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