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Sir John Whittingdale vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 134 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 38 different votes 134 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
17 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 69% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Defence
59 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