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Sir Julian Lewis vs Barry Gardiner

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 Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,239 different votes 1,308 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
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 10% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 36 No
Trade 7% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
60 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 113 shared votes
49 Aye 64 No
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 40 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
40 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
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
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