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Sir Julian Smith vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 164 shared comparable votes.

112 same votes 52 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
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 14 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 16 No
Tax 93% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 73% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
5
5 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API