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Lee Anderson vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

1,086 same votes 34 different votes 1,120 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
39 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
39 Aye 97 No
91 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
91 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 27 No
Trade 92% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 13 No
Transport 95% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 97% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
2% above average
Rank 309 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
1,240
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
622
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
618
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.1% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
147
+67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
80
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
No
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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