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Jeff Smith vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 736 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 712 different votes 736 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
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 83 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
79 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 204 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,877
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
853
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

44
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 451 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Environment / Climate
42 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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
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 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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 2024
Aye
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