Compare

Sir Julian Lewis vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Tom Rutland voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 376 different votes 381 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
38 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
Participation
80.6%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 650
1,919
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
499
619 eligible divisions
908
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
48.5% of votes cast
1,011
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
257
51.5% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

382
+293.2 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Appearances
65
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
505
+350.2 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650
Contributions
82
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 425 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
194 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
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 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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API