Voting Record — Andrew Mitchell MP, Sutton Coldfield (11115)

Andrew Mitchell is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs,

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 Jul 2024	still in office	Con	0 votes out of 10, 0.0%	10 votes out of 18, 55.6%	0 times
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	12 votes out of 694, 1.7%	694 votes out of 1069, 64.9%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	12 votes out of 385, 3.1%	385 votes out of 463, 83.2%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	2 votes out of 327, 0.6%	327 votes out of 467, 70.0%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	6 votes out of 651, 0.9%	651 votes out of 1239, 52.5%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	16 votes out of 693, 2.3%	693 votes out of 1288, 53.8%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	6 votes out of 779, 0.8%	779 votes out of 1246, 62.5%	2 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
8 Jul 2024	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs,
5 Jul 2024	Stopped being Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development and Africa),
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
28 Feb 2024	Became Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
28 Feb 2024	Stopped being Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
25 Oct 2022	Became Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development and Africa),
Commons	25 Apr 2022	Health and Care Bill — Clause 35 — Report on Assessing and Meeting Workforce Needs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Immigration Rules: Entry to seek Asylum And Join Family	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — Schedule 3 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 15 — Safe Third State: Commencement	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 12 — Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 — Asylum Applicants — Right to Work	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Apr 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 9 — Notice of Decision to Deprive a Person of Citizenship	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Mar 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Refugee Resettlement Schemes — 10,000 Refugees Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Mar 2022	Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 28 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Nov 2021	Health and Care Bill — Clause 34 — Report on Assessing and Meeting Workforce Needs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2021	International Aid: Treasury Update	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Sep 2020	Recall of MPs (Change of Party Affiliation) Bill — Expulsion from the House of Commons of MPs who Voluntarily Change Political Party	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 10 — International Obligations — Abortion — Sexual and Reproductive Health	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship — Motion (C) Customs Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2019	Business of the House — Proceedure for Consideration of the UK's Withdrawal From the EU	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (J) — Customs Union	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Proceedure for Consideration of the UK's Withdrawal From the EU	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Mar 2019	Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Delay Withdrawal if MPs Agree Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jan 2019	European Union Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2019	Timescale for Setting Out Plan for Negotiations if Proposed Agreement for the UK Withdrawal from the EU is Rejected by MPs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Mar 2017	Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill — First Reading — Decriminalisation of Abortion	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	12 Jan 2015	Consumer Rights Bill — Secondary Ticketing Platforms — Require Publication of Seller ID and Full Ticket Details	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
19 Oct 2012	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being The Secretary of State for International Development,
4 Sep 2012	Became The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
12 May 2010	Became The Secretary of State for International Development,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office),
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
20 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office),
20 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Home Affairs),
House	Date	Subject	Andrew Mitchell	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	aye	Rebel
15 Sep 2004	Stopped being Member, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
10 Sep 2004	Became Shadow Minister (Home Affairs),
10 Sep 2004	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Treasury),
29 Apr 2004	Became Member, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
10 Nov 2003	Became Shadow Minister (Treasury),
6 May 2003	Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Maintain Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality (Section 28)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Jan 2003	Local Government Bill [Ways and Means]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 May 2002	Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Apr 2002	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property	tellaye	aye	Teller
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
1 May 1997	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security),
6 Jul 1995	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security),
6 Jul 1995	Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
20 Jul 1994	Became The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury,
20 Jul 1994	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
1 Jul 1993	Stopped being Vice-Chair, Conservative Party,
1 Jul 1992	Became Vice-Chair, Conservative Party,
11 Jan 1992	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
28%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
71%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
74%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
8%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
64%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
65%	Asylum System - More strict
58%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
0%	Ban fox hunting
32%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
84%	Business and community control of schools: For
67%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
68%	Closed Material Proceedure
82%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
8%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
78%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
71%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
68%	Easier access to abortion
60%	Employee Shareholder Status
48%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
23%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
85%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
29%	European Union Integration - For
71%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
97%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
24%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
7%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
33%	Fully Elected House of Lords
18%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
20%	Further devolution to Scotland
20%	Further devolution to Wales
54%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
81%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
17%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
80%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
36%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
87%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
89%	HS2 - In Favour
36%	Human Rights and Equality
16%	Identity cards - For introduction
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
17%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
84%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
76%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
71%	Increase the state pension age
58%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
98%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
77%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
28%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
20%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
29%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
88%	Localise Council Tax Support
65%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
90%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
48%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
75%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
68%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
26%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
38%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
66%	No detention without charge or trial
29%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
65%	Nuclear power - For
32%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
80%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
84%	Police and Crime Commissioners
7%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
93%	Post office closures - against
24%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
66%	Privatise Royal Mail
50%	Promote Occupational Pensions
26%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
20%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
85%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
31%	Public Ownership of Railways
24%	Rail Fares - Lower
70%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
80%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
82%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
82%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
73%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
64%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
96%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
14%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
38%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
38%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
73%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
25%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
13%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
26%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
72%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
55%	Smoking ban - In favour
9%	State control of bus services
29%	Stop climate change
32%	Support current and former armed service members
49%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
15%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
74%	Tougher on illegal immigration
83%	Trade Unions - Restrict
71%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
86%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
50%	University Tuition Fees - For
97%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
21%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
29%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
36%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Andrew Mitchell MP, Sutton Coldfield (11115)

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