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Barry Gardiner vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 576 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 554 different votes 576 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
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 54 No
Migration 6% aligned 69 shared votes
50 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 648
Contributions
188
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Trade
76 of 88 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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