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Karin Smyth vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 165 different votes 216 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 4 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Housing 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 6 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 24 No
Tax 7% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

108
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Appearances
92
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
413
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
119
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API