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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,689 shared comparable votes.

1,656 same votes 33 different votes 1,689 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
92 Aye 124 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
92 Aye 124 No
69 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 191 shared votes
69 Aye 122 No
38 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 87% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
37 Aye 44 No
Trade 94% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
81 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 154 shared votes
80 Aye 74 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 33 No
Benefits 98% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,417 eligible divisions
929
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.2% of votes cast
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,019
52.8% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
392
+297.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
512
+347.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
9
5 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

Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
194 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 159 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 117 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 151 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22B 26 Jun 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 122 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API