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Matt Western vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 30% of the time, based on 164 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 115 different votes 164 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 3 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 18% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 19 No
Tax 8% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API