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Nick Smith vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 926 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 886 different votes 926 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
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 25 No
Transport 6% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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