Compare

Lee Anderson vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

995 same votes 34 different votes 1,029 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 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Trade 89% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 17 No
Housing 92% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
82 Aye 39 No
Migration 95% aligned 121 shared votes
78 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 12 No
Transport 95% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
2% above average
Rank 309 of 649
Participation
81.5%
9% above average
Rank 173 of 649
1,240
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,368 eligible divisions
622
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
885
45.9% of votes cast
618
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,045
54.1% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

56
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
94
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
80
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
172
+32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Aye
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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