The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Lee Anderson vs Apsana Begum

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

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Apsana Begum
Apsana Begum
Lab Poplar and Limehouse

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Apsana Begum voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 904 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 840 different votes 904 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
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 8 No
Transport 12% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
67 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 105 shared votes
42 Aye 63 No
19 Aye 25 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
36 Aye 78 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
80
-62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
92
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API