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Sir Julian Lewis vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 462 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 451 different votes 462 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
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 7 No
Transport 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 6 No
Migration 4% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
744 eligible divisions
892
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
304
51.6 % of votes cast
997
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
285
48.4 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

361
+283.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
490
+351.7 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
193 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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