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Catherine Atkinson vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Lee Anderson voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 255 different votes 280 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 9 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
469
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
240
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
229
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
15
3.2% 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

87
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649
178
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Education
43 of 50 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: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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
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