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Sir Andrew Mitchell vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Andrew Mitchell and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.
4 same votes
187 different votes
191 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.9%
10% below average
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
718
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
776
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
41
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
75
-8.7 vs Commons average
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£265,608
17% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API