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Alex Mayer vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
vs
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 216 different votes 235 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
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
562
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
281
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
281
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

70
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
78
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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