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Mr Louie French vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 48 different votes 156 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
9 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
0 Aye 12 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 88% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API