Freddie van Mierlo MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Henley and Thame is Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Freddie van Mierlo as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 21 January 2026 | Current |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 13 November 2025 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7abfdd52ef6b.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Freddie van Mierlo: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 13 March 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Bratton Ventures Ltd - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Bratton Ventures Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Bratton Ventures Ltd
- Company registration number: 15754779
- Source of company identifier: Companies House
Tom Kilroy - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Name of the donor: Tom Kilroy
- Status of the donor: Individual
National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Membership of the club for one year
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Company
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Freddie van Mierlo's office spent £153,022 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £18,806 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £153,021.84 |
| Office costs: spent | £18,806.05 |
| Accommodation: spent | £192.60 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,289.18 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Henley and Thame CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker ×3 (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Press Officer (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (casual), Researcher (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Freddie van Mierlo voted in the House of Commons: 255 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 30 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was an Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Freddie van Mierlo has tabled 752 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Work and Pensions; Department of Health and Social Care.
Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of allowing employees an entitlement of leave for attending family court proceedings.
Crops: Diversification
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support from her Department is available to farmers seeking to diversify into more climate-resilient crops.
Food Supply: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk that climate change poses to the UK’s food security.
Natural Disasters: Warnings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of commissioning a national Climate Alert App to provide citizens with up-to-date information and advice on climate-rela …
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of the incentives under the surplus extraction provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for sponsoring employers to share surplus funds with (a) scheme …
Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of the statutory framework governing surplus extraction under the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for providing sufficient protection for scheme members, and (b)
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department maintains to ensure the continued availability of essential food supplies in the event of significant domestic or international crop failures caus …
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) water recycling, (b) new reservoirs, (c) leakage reduction and (d) desalination as measures to increase …
Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the costs and benefits for local authorities of installing underground refuse collection systems and (b) the potential impact on (i) coll …
Pancreatic Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase the use of clinical trials for research into pancreatic cancer.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c1b474458c9e. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Freddie van Mierlo.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Henley and Thame returned Freddie van Mierlo with a majority of 6,267: 23,904 votes, 45.0% of those cast, against 17,637 for Caroline Newton. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Henley and Thame figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.