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Matt Bishop vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 239 different votes 245 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
6
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API