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Mr Louie French vs Chris Murray

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
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Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 327 different votes 332 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
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,030
1,287 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
520
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
48.9% of votes cast
510
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Appearances
71
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
102
-62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Contributions
118
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 339 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
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