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Claire Hughes vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 392 different votes 399 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
37 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

89.7%
18% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 649
522
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,894
2,368 eligible divisions
268
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
47.3% of votes cast
254
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
999
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

0
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
355
+275.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
0
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 649
Contributions
482
+343.3 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
0
0 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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