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Graham Stringer vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 1,128 shared comparable votes.

157 same votes 971 different votes 1,128 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
43 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 66% aligned 102 shared votes
36 Aye 66 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 20% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 19% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 131 shared votes
72 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
14% below average
Rank 577 of 649
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,366
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,894
2,368 eligible divisions
683
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
47.3% of votes cast
683
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
999
52.7% of votes cast
112
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
355
+275.0 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
43
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
482
+342.6 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
3
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Defence
47 of 71 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
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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