The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 10 November 2026.

Compare

George Freeman vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

George Freeman and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 650
1,765
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
819 eligible divisions
863
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
902
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
27
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

17
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Appearances
115
+20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
30
-134.1 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
637
+472.9 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£287,402
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
18
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
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
186 of 212 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Energy
54 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

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