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Keir Mather vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 217 different votes 241 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
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 21 No
Migration 12% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

103
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
526
+383.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% 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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
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
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
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
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