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Rushanara Ali vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,488 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,409 different votes 1,488 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
40 Aye 33 No
Trade 11% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
76 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 157 shared votes
79 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 7% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 69 shared votes
18 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
80 of 91 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: 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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