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Wera Hobhouse vs Sir Julian Lewis

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

Photograph of Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath
vs
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Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 1,276 shared comparable votes.

272 same votes 1,004 different votes 1,276 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
21 Aye 21 No
Education 62% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 47% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
85 Aye 66 No
Tax 40% aligned 151 shared votes
53 Aye 98 No
13 Aye 41 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 81 No
Migration 1% aligned 94 shared votes
80 Aye 14 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 154 shared votes
58 Aye 96 No
15 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
837
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.2 % of votes cast
708
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

141
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
361
+283.0 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
176
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
490
+351.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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