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Lee Anderson vs David Smith

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 David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and David Smith voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 212 different votes 240 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 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
69.6%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
1,245
1,656 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
588 eligible divisions
626
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.4% of votes cast
619
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
207
50.6% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.4% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
73
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
82
-60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649
Contributions
98
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 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 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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