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Melanie Ward vs George Freeman

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Ward and George Freeman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 242 different votes 247 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 649
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,746
2,376 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
48.8% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
894
51.2% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
11
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 649
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£287,402
27% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
54 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API