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Jeff Smith vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 949 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 864 different votes 949 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
13 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 78 No
Migration 11% aligned 98 shared votes
69 Aye 29 No
42 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 82 shared votes
42 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 16 No
Trade 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% 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

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
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