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Andy McDonald vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,167 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,091 different votes 1,167 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
22 Aye 78 No
Migration 10% aligned 100 shared votes
68 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 28 No
Transport 7% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
103 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
61 Aye 97 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

89
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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