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Andrew Pakes vs Lee Anderson

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

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Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough
vs
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Lee Anderson voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 215 different votes 240 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 5 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 11 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 403 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
420
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
201
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
219
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
13
3.1% 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

78
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
95
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API