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Jo Platt vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 513 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 467 different votes 513 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 4 No
Foreign Affairs 24% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 10 No
Transport 12% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
33 Aye 52 No
7 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
459
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
231
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
228
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

32
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
53
-89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 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
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 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
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