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Mr Louie French vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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 196 of 649
Participation
89.6 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
575 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
51.8 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
248
48.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
2
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
2
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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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