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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
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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 679 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 644 different votes 679 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
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 96 shared votes
72 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 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
16 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 5 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

74
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
76
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649

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
10
2 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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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