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Catherine West vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 146 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 113 different votes 146 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 18 No
Tax 5% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
92
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
60
-87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
119
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
86 of 96 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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