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Gareth Snell vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 540 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 491 different votes 540 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
14 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 24% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
62 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 99 shared votes
37 Aye 62 No
16 Aye 4 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
Trade 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
38 Aye 47 No
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

176
+94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
4
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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