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Gareth Snell vs Mr Louie French

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

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Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 335 different votes 342 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
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
41 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.6 %
14 % above average
Rank 64 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
498
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
988
1,231 eligible divisions
248
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
497
50.3 % of votes cast
250
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
491
49.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

158
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
255
+116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
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