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Sir Julian Lewis vs David Burton-Sampson

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 David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 367 different votes 376 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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 204 of 647
Participation
86.5 %
14 % above average
Rank 72 of 647
1,866
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
473
547 eligible divisions
881
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
250
52.9 % of votes cast
985
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
223
47.1 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

328
+261.8 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Appearances
47
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
426
+308.2 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650
Contributions
52
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6 % below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
58 of 64 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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