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Graham Stringer vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Mr Louie French voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 550 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 519 different votes 550 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 8 No
Defence 18% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 2 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 648
Appearances
52
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
33
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 648
Contributions
156
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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