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Chris Bryant vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 570 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 550 different votes 570 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
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 4 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 64 No
Migration 4% aligned 82 shared votes
61 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
452
+306.3 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Defence
52 of 71 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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 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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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