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George Freeman vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

George Freeman and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 936 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 892 different votes 936 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
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 22 No
Trade 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,746
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
852
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
894
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
27
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£287,402
27% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
185 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Energy
54 of 70 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API