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Sir Andrew Mitchell vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Andrew Mitchell and Ben Maguire voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 148 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 33 different votes 148 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
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 17 No
Tax 94% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 93% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
Participation
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
718
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
776
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
41
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£265,608
17% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
119 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API