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Esther McVey vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

1,197 same votes 36 different votes 1,233 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
61 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
61 Aye 93 No
54 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
54 Aye 98 No
23 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 19 No
Energy 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 92% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
60 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 112 shared votes
61 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 38 No
Trade 94% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 94% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
Participation
79.9%
8% above average
Rank 199 of 650
1,398
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,422 eligible divisions
643
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.2% of votes cast
755
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,022
52.8% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

145
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
Appearances
395
+299.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
189
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Contributions
515
+348.6 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
194 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
No
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 29 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Third Reading 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API