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Sir Julian Lewis vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,475 shared comparable votes.

1,432 same votes 43 different votes 1,475 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
80 Aye 110 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
80 Aye 110 No
40 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 24 No
Housing 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 92% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 93% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
61 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 183 shared votes
66 Aye 117 No
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
78 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 141 shared votes
76 Aye 65 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.9%
8% above average
Rank 199 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,934
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
912
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
1,022
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

395
+299.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
515
+348.6 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
64
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 500 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 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
194 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
No
Aye rebel
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 29 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
No
Aye rebel
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 49 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API