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Lee Anderson vs Kirsty 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 Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 674 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 611 different votes 674 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
26 Aye 70 No
Tax 31% aligned 96 shared votes
60 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 18 No
Energy 25% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 22% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 19% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 14% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 38 No
Migration 0% aligned 98 shared votes
38 Aye 60 No
39 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API