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Lee Anderson vs Patricia Ferguson

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 Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 258 different votes 282 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
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 17% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
47 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
87
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
82
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
111
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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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