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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,491 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,416 different votes 1,491 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
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 14% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 35 No
Trade 7% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
71 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 145 shared votes
71 Aye 74 No
28 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 74 shared votes
21 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 39 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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