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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
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Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,279 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,206 different votes 1,279 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
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 14% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 12 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 118 shared votes
67 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 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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