Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield
Lee Anderson has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Speaker's Conference (2024).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill | 2022 | |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill | 2022 | |
| Public Order Bill | 2022 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2021 | |
| Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill | 2021 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2020 to 2021 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chair, Conservative Party | 2023 to 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Lee Anderson has 36 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 03 September 2026 - £211.51 | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 August 2026 - £93.81 | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 05 August 2026 - £189.69 | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 22 July 2026 - £184.62 | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Chairman of Reform UK. This is an unpaid role. | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £38.38 | 5 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 April 2026 - £126.24 | 5 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 15 April 2026 - £38.38 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Avi Lasarow - £583.00 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 01 April 2026 - £78.28 | 21 Apr 2026 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 18 March 2026 - £72.78 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 04 March 2026 - £109.84 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 04 March 2026 - £109.84 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 18 February 2026 - £219.50 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Iain Gorman - £5,000.00 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 21 January 2026 - £137.92 | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 07 January 2026 - £96.57 | 13 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 24 December 2025 - £125.23 | 13 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 December 2025 - £143.65 | 22 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 13 November 2025 - £143.65 | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 26 November 2025 - £113.05 | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 13 November 2025 - £132.66 | 3 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Nottingham Forest Football Club Limited - £750.00 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Kirkby Town Board for Ashfield. This is an unpaid role. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 29 October 2025 - £145.11 | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 13 November 2025 - £132.56 | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 15 October 2025 - £196.24 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 17 September 2025 - £100.35 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 01 October 2025 - £108.75 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 20 August 2025 - £87.13 | 8 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 03 September 2025 - £87.38 | 8 Sep 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Social Media - X Corp | 16 Dec 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | My Twitter profile is registered as an affiliated account by GB News. GB News pays £50 per month for a square affiliate badge on my Twitter page. | 15 Aug 2023 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement starting 01 March 2023 - £100,000.00 | 7 Mar 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Town Fund Board for Ashfield. This is an unpaid role. | 10 Feb 2020 |
| Employment and earnings | Presenter/Contributor on GB News | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Lee Anderson asked 791 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
62 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Lee Anderson represents Ashfield. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Reform UK
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Lee Anderson won with 43% of the votes, and Rhea Keehn (Labour) came second with 29%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Anderson | Reform UK | 17,062 | 42.8% |
| Rhea Keehn | Labour | 11,554 | 29.0% |
| Jason Zadrozny | Ashfield Independents | 6,276 | 15.7% |
| Debbie Soloman | Conservative | 3,271 | 8.2% |
| Alexander Coates | Green Party | 1,100 | 2.8% |
| Daniel Holmes | Liberal Democrat | 619 | 1.6% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Lee Anderson took part in 121 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Lee Anderson voted the same way as their party in 118 of the 118 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 93% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this