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Lee Anderson vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 307 different votes 336 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
50 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
590 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649
82
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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