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Freddie van Mierlo vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Freddie van Mierlo and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 153 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 48 different votes 153 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
4 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 13 No
Tax 90% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 71% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
134
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
110
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£177,310
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£177,310
22% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Energy
10 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API