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Lee Anderson vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Olivia Blake voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 917 different votes 957 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
13 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 37 No
Migration 0% aligned 107 shared votes
37 Aye 70 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 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
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