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George Freeman vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of George Freeman
George Freeman
Con Mid Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

George Freeman and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 212 different votes 214 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
2% above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 303 of 649
1,739
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
582 eligible divisions
848
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
47.8% of votes cast
891
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
228
52.2% of votes cast
27
1.6% 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

11
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
20
-119.4 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
119
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£287,402
27% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
185 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Energy
54 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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