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Lee Anderson vs Mike Reader

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 Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Mike Reader voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 234 different votes 259 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
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Housing 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.2% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
47.8% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
70
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
14
4 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
NHS / Health
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 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
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
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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