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Mr Louie French vs Ben Maguire

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 Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Ben Maguire voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

178 same votes 48 different votes 226 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
15 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 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 196 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 561 of 650
978
1,219 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
563 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
188
54.0 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
160
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Appearances
90
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Contributions
103
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 270 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 33 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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