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Mr Louie French vs David Burton-Sampson

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 David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 340 different votes 349 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 61 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
575 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
52.8 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
236
47.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Appearances
53
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
70
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Contributions
56
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15 % below average
12
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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