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Ian Byrne vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby
vs
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Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 963 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 912 different votes 963 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
22 Aye 18 No
Trade 13% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 11% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
52 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 115 shared votes
62 Aye 53 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
3
2 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
45 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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