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Sojan Joseph vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
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Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 408 different votes 422 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
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
39 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
39 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

93.6 %
21 % above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
538
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
274
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.2 % of votes cast
264
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
12
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
361
+283.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 650
86
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
490
+351.7 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
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
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