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Sir Julian Lewis vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,001 different votes 1,049 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
17 Aye 24 No
Trade 12% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 32 No
Defence 12% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 29 No
Benefits 9% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
73 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 127 shared votes
56 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% 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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API