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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
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Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 35% of the time, based on 1,046 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 683 different votes 1,046 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
21 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 90% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 74% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 13 No
Trade 57% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.2 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

1
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
361
+283.0 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
1
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
490
+351.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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