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Lee Anderson vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 990 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 941 different votes 990 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
16 Aye 23 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 12 No
Transport 5% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
80
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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 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
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
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
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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