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Christian Wakeford vs Stuart Anderson

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 997 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 595 different votes 997 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
24 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 72% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 15 No
Trade 69% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 18 No
Transport 56% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 8% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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