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Mr Louie French vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 403 different votes 416 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 12 No
Migration 11% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 223 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
584
739 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
302
51.7 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
282
48.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

54
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Appearances
62
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
70
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
71
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 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
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
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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