Compare

Chris Elmore vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 761 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 731 different votes 761 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
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
239
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
3
1 registered category
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

Housing
58 of 62 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API