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Kerry McCarthy vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 788 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 764 different votes 788 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 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
81 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
35 Aye 64 No
32 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,862
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
1,047
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
815
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

71
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
99
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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