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Sir Julian Lewis vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Apsana Begum voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 912 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 845 different votes 912 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
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 16% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 15 No
Trade 15% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
65 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 108 shared votes
45 Aye 63 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 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 199 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

358
+276.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
475
+332.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
92
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API