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Olivia Blake vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
vs
Photograph of Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 732 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 685 different votes 732 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
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 68 shared votes
44 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 2 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 69 No
Migration 5% aligned 93 shared votes
64 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 10 No
Benefits 3% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
649
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
590
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
5
2 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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Transport
53 of 64 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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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