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Mr Louie French vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 695 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 664 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
2 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
71 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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 193 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
137
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
222
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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