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Mr Paul Foster vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Mr Paul Foster
Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 339 different votes 347 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 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
20 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
20 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 650
451
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,344 eligible divisions
229
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
47.2 % of votes cast
222
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
990
52.8 % of votes cast
7
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
Appearances
335
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
47
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650
Contributions
442
+318.2 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 89 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
Transport
25 of 26 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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