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Michael Shanks vs Freddie van Mierlo
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michael Shanks and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 144 shared comparable votes.
31 same votes
113 different votes
144 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.1%
9% below average
Participation
41.8%
31% below average
502
783 eligible divisions
Total votes
249
595 eligible divisions
237
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
137
55.0% of votes cast
265
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
112
45.0% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
104
+18.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
92
+6.8 vs Commons average
429
+280.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
119
-29.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£272,859
21% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
4
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API