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David Smith vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 185 different votes 189 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
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
Participation
63.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 536 of 649
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
716
48.0 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
776
52.0 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
39
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
75
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 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

#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API