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Jeff Smith vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 157 different votes 209 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Housing 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 21 No
Tax 10% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% 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

55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
71
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
4
2 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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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