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Sir John Whittingdale vs George Freeman

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and George Freeman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,578 shared comparable votes.

1,546 same votes 32 different votes 1,578 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
108 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
108 Aye 39 No
65 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
65 Aye 71 No
20 Aye 45 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
20 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 179 shared votes
77 Aye 102 No
31 Aye 26 No
Transport 93% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 38 No
Trade 96% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
79 Aye 110 No
Tax 99% aligned 189 shared votes
80 Aye 109 No
108 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
108 Aye 39 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,765
2,417 eligible divisions
929
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
48.9% of votes cast
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
902
51.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.5% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
17
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
30
-134.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£287,402
27% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
186 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API