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Sir Julian Lewis vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

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Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East
vs
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Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 856 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 810 different votes 856 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
8 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 21 No
Trade 14% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 10% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
54 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 106 shared votes
47 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 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
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
83 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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