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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 857 shared comparable votes.

854 same votes 3 different votes 857 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 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
46 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 35 No
Migration 98% aligned 123 shared votes
86 Aye 37 No
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
46 Aye 71 No
46 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
46 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 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 192 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 650
1,021
1,276 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,688 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
108
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
104
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
165
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API