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Dawn Butler vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 181 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 142 different votes 181 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
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 8 No
Transport 20% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 23 No
Tax 8% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.0%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
41.8%
31% below average
Rank 634 of 650
1,525
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
249
595 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
137
55.0% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
112
45.0% of votes cast
25
1.6% 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

60
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Appearances
92
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
62
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
119
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
34 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API