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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 929 shared comparable votes.

909 same votes 20 different votes 929 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
35 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
18 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 24 No
Energy 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 8 No
Transport 94% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
79 Aye 30 No
Migration 97% aligned 109 shared votes
76 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 98% aligned 50 shared votes
20 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

75.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 647
1,214
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,323 eligible divisions
608
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
861
47.9 % of votes cast
606
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.1 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 647
Appearances
68
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 647
71
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 647
Contributions
86
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 647

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
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Trade
50 of 50 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Defence
54 of 58 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 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
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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