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Sarah Smith vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Lee Anderson voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 222 different votes 245 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
15 Aye 41 No
7 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

65
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 649
84
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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