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Nick Smith vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,073 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 997 different votes 1,073 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
19 Aye 62 No
Migration 11% aligned 81 shared votes
55 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
83 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 128 shared votes
52 Aye 76 No
22 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 25 No
Transport 7% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

95
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
125
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
177 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
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
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
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
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
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
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