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Mr James Frith vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 507 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 472 different votes 507 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 3 No
Foreign Affairs 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 4 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 7 No
Transport 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 13 No
Trade 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
31 Aye 52 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
11
2.5% 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

30
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
46
-96.6 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Education
46 of 50 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
No rebel
Closure motion 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
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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