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Alan Strickland vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
vs
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Lee Anderson voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 278 different votes 303 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 6 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
24 Aye 50 No
9 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
520
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
260
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
260
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

33
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
34
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
80
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
5 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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