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Karin Smyth vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,126 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,038 different votes 1,126 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
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 58 No
Migration 8% aligned 79 shared votes
54 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 7% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
53 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 105 shared votes
53 Aye 52 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
411
+268.8 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
1
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 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
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
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
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
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