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Mr Louie French vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Andy McDonald voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 738 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 706 different votes 738 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
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 20 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
120
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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