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Matt Bishop vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 142 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 107 different votes 142 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 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 16 No
Tax 9% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
Appearances
92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
45
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
6
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 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