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Matt Western vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,259 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,191 different votes 1,259 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
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 15% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 9% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
37 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
54 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 112 shared votes
55 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
13 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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