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Andrew Pakes vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Andrew Pakes
Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough
vs
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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 282 different votes 296 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 5 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 403 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
420
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
201
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
219
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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