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Fred Thomas vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
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Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Lee Anderson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 226 different votes 238 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
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
15 Aye 48 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
31 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
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