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Ruth Jones vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,050 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,003 different votes 1,050 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
22 Aye 16 No
Trade 13% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 10% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 8% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
52 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 126 shared votes
71 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
367
+283.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Contributions
484
+338.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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