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Jim Shannon vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

163 same votes 64 different votes 227 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
22 Aye 20 No
Tax 93% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 2 No
Transport 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 86% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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