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George Freeman vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

George Freeman and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,380 shared comparable votes.

1,357 same votes 23 different votes 1,380 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
58 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
58 Aye 66 No
54 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
54 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 40 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
24 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 26 No
Transport 92% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 29 No
Trade 95% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
71 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 173 shared votes
65 Aye 108 No
73 Aye 107 No
Tax 99% aligned 180 shared votes
72 Aye 108 No
58 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
58 Aye 66 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
1,765
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,417 eligible divisions
863
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
902
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
27
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
30
-134.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 496 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£287,402
27% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
18
4 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Energy
54 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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