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Mr Louie French vs Charlotte Nichols

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 Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 754 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 733 different votes 754 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
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
82 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
21 Aye 86 No
44 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 86 shared votes
41 Aye 45 No
9 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 34 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
34 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,263
1,638 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.5 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
612
48.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
17
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
20
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Education
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
49 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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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