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Mr Louie French vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and David Simmonds voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 825 shared comparable votes.

822 same votes 3 different votes 825 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
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
46 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 35 No
Migration 98% aligned 122 shared votes
85 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
46 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 179 of 647
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 647
978
1,203 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
1,615 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
650
48.3 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
697
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
96
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Contributions
246
+128.2 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 63 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API