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Mr Louie French vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Louie French and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 695 shared comparable votes.
27 same votes
668 different votes
695 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.2%
8% above average
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API