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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 132 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 40 different votes 132 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
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Education 93% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 17 No
Tax 91% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
4
2 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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Defence
65 of 71 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