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Andy McDonald vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 732 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 702 different votes 732 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
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 87 No
Migration 4% aligned 111 shared votes
83 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
3 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
988
1,231 eligible divisions
995
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
497
50.3 % of votes cast
792
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
491
49.7 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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