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Mr Louie French vs Ashley Dalton

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

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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
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Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 458 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 432 different votes 458 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
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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 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
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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