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Lee Anderson vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 775 shared comparable votes.

739 same votes 36 different votes 775 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
30 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
30 Aye 64 No
22 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 21 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 26 No
Migration 89% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 9 No
Transport 94% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
51 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
30 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
4% above average
Rank 301 of 649
Participation
63.0%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 649
1,240
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,368 eligible divisions
622
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
48.0% of votes cast
618
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
776
52.0% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
39
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987

Debates

56
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
80
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
75
-64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 413 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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