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Matt Bishop vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Matt Bishop
Matt Bishop
Lab Forest of Dean
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 203 different votes 208 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 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

53.9 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
306
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
983
1,224 eligible divisions
142
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
494
50.3 % of votes cast
164
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

31
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
41
-92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
70
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Tax
77 of 111 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition day: Student loans 18 Mar 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API