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Bill Esterson vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,367 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,295 different votes 1,367 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
57 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 131 shared votes
72 Aye 59 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 9% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 8% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
114 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 183 shared votes
69 Aye 114 No
29 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API