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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Julia Lopez

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Julia Lopez voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,391 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,320 different votes 1,391 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
27 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
96 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
57 Aye 101 No
17 Aye 16 No
Energy 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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