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Heidi Alexander vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 532 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 522 different votes 532 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 11 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
40 Aye 57 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 649
673
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,894
2,368 eligible divisions
382
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
47.3% of votes cast
291
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
999
52.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
359
+279.0 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
Contributions
486
+346.6 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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
37 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Education
47 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
35 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Policing and Crime Bill: Lords Amendment 96 Motion to disagree 10 Jan 2017
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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