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Emma Lewell vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 656 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 625 different votes 656 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 6 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 96 shared votes
72 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 409 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,648
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
921
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
727
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
33
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 1 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
42
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 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

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Trade
74 of 88 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Education
77 of 95 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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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