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Lee Anderson vs Catherine West

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 Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 905 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 867 different votes 905 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
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 28 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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
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
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