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Clive Efford vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 732 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 707 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
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 85 shared votes
41 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,793
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
1,015
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
778
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

92
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
78
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
4
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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