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Kate Dearden vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 338 different votes 344 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
361
+279.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
207
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
485
+342.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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: 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
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 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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API