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Lee Anderson vs Kerry McCarthy

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 Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 999 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 956 different votes 999 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
12 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 12 No
Transport 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 17 No
Housing 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 32 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
32 Aye 81 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
620
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
618
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 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
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