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Freddie van Mierlo vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Freddie van Mierlo and Peter Dowd voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 159 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 126 different votes 159 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
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 17 No
Tax 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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 636 of 650
Participation
69.0%
4% below average
Rank 445 of 650
249
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,648
2,387 eligible divisions
137
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.9% of votes cast
112
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
726
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

92
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Appearances
44
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
119
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Contributions
32
-117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,310
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£177,310
22% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
34 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API