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Lee Anderson vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

930 same votes 20 different votes 950 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
37 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
37 Aye 90 No
18 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 22 No
Trade 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 24 No
Energy 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 9 No
Transport 94% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
80 Aye 30 No
Migration 97% aligned 110 shared votes
77 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 29 No
Defence 98% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
72 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 109 shared votes
71 Aye 38 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 264 of 649
1,240
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,831
2,368 eligible divisions
622
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
880
48.1% of votes cast
618
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
951
51.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
97
+17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
80
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
114
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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