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Liam Byrne vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 132 different votes 167 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
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 19 No
Tax 8% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 636 of 650
1,574
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
249
601 eligible divisions
873
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
137
55.0% of votes cast
701
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
112
45.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Appearances
92
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
64
-85.1 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Contributions
119
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
3
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

Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
34 of 66 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