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Dr Scott Arthur vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Dr Scott Arthur
Dr Scott Arthur
Lab Edinburgh South West
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Dr Scott Arthur and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 364 different votes 380 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
36 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
485
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
237
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
248
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
12
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

182
+98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
367
+283.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650
286
+140.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Contributions
484
+338.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£173,383
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£173,383
23% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
4
2 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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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: 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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