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Sutton Coldfield

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Apr 2026

Represented by Con since 2024. Covers Royal Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham. Population 103,399.

Andrew Mitchell's most notable recent action was voting in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading in June 2025, breaking with the Conservative majority to back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. He also backed two amendments to liberalise the bill's framework while opposing two others that would have added restrictions -- placing him firmly among the bill's more permissive supporters. His voting data confirms this is not an outlier: he sits 62 percentage points above his party average on pro-assisted-dying-access votes, and 82 points below the party on assisted dying restrictions. On other recent votes he has been a reliable Conservative voice, supporting Lords amendments to the Victims and Courts Bill against the Labour government's position and backing opposition motions on oil and gas and the Finance Bill.

Mitchell's parliamentary participation rate of 39% -- well below the Commons average -- reflects a long-serving MP who is selective about which divisions he attends. Where he does vote, he aligns with Conservative positions 92% of the time. His strongest consistent stances are anti-tax, pro-business, and pro-victims-rights (each at 100% alignment in relevant divisions), while he is markedly out of step with his party on assisted dying and shows zero alignment with the government's budget and progressive taxation agenda. His 21 parliamentary contributions span defence and economy-jobs most heavily, suggesting these are his primary legislative preoccupations.

184
Commons votes
This parliament
£30k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
74.1k
Electorate
2024 GE

Con held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Andrew Mitchell

Andrew Mitchell

Conservative and Unionist Party

The Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell is the Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001.

Notable Votes

Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a safety measure. This was debated alongside New Clause 1, which would have decriminalised abortion for women, making it a free vote on conscience issues around abortion law reform.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organising begging for profit, stronger protections for emergency workers against racial and religious abuse, removing the limitation period in child sexual abuse cases, and new offences around internal concealment of items for criminal purposes. The large Aye majority reflects broad government support for these law and order measures.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situations where advertisers know their adverts could influence vulnerable people's choices — going further than the basic ban proposed by the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

Represented by Con since 2024. Covers Royal Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham. Population 103,399.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Mitchell’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.210 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Mitchell has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
44
Economy
34
Crime & Policing
21
Employment
20
Education
15
Energy
13
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10617 Jun 2025
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 117 Jun 2025
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 1413 Jun 2025
No
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Sutton Four OaksMaureen Cornish1,658Conserva
Sutton Mere GreenMeirion Jenkins1,717Conserva
Sutton ReddicapRichard Frederick Jex Parkin1,172Conserva
Sutton RoughleyEwan Mackey1,620Conserva
Sutton TrinityDavid Christopher Pears1,154Conserva
Sutton VeseyKath Scott2,748Labour P
Sutton VeseyRob Pocock3,335Labour P
Sutton Walmley MinworthDavid Stuart Barrie2,223Conserva
Sutton Walmley MinworthKen Wood1,862Conserva
Sutton Wylde GreenAlex Yip1,489Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
103,399
Electorate 74,080 · 2024 register
Median income
£30,300
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
13.3%
England average 20.0%
Schools
36
25 primary · 7 secondary
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