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Cat Smith vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,132 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
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 78 No
Migration 10% aligned 101 shared votes
68 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 27 No
Transport 10% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
48 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 102 shared votes
55 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

19
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
25
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 590 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

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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