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Lucy Powell vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 610 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 592 different votes 610 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
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 90 shared votes
67 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
9 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 502 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,550
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
873
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
677
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

5
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
147
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 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

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
14
5 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

Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Defence
51 of 71 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
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
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
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