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David Smith vs George Freeman

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

Photograph of David Smith
David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
Photograph of George Freeman
George Freeman
Con Mid Norfolk

Voting alignment

David Smith and George Freeman voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 204 different votes 205 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 344 of 649
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
845
48.7 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
889
51.3 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
27
1.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Appearances
11
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
95
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Contributions
20
-118.4 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£287,402
27 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API