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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 430 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 416 different votes 430 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
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 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

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
8
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
63 of 65 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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