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Brian Mathew vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Mr Louie French voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 46 different votes 263 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
16 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 7 No
Housing 75% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.7%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 650
395
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,021
1,276 eligible divisions
200
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
518
50.7% of votes cast
195
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
503
49.3% of votes cast
13
3.3% 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

87
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Appearances
62
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
104
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
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

#1
Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API