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George Freeman vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

George Freeman and John McDonnell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,407 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,327 different votes 1,407 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
74 Aye 84 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 158 shared votes
96 Aye 62 No
17 Aye 42 No
Education 8% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 32 No
Benefits 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 24 No
Energy 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,746
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
852
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
894
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
27
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£287,402
27% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
17
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
54 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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