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Sir Julian Lewis vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Olivia Blake voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 978 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 936 different votes 978 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
16 Aye 20 No
Trade 14% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 27 No
Defence 12% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
63 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 100 shared votes
33 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 28 No
Benefits 8% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 37 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
37 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

367
+283.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
484
+338.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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