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Jess Asato vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Lee Anderson voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 258 different votes 285 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
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 11 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
19 Aye 44 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
227
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
238
51.2% 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

21
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
29
-113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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
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
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