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Lee Anderson vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,005 shared comparable votes.

992 same votes 13 different votes 1,005 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
40 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
40 Aye 82 No
27 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 27 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 95% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 9 No
Transport 97% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
88 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
85 Aye 40 No
67 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 106 shared votes
65 Aye 41 No
40 Aye 82 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
40 Aye 82 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 304 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,207
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
604
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
603
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
64
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Defence
54 of 58 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API