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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 841 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 3 different votes 841 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 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 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

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
79
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
265
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
8
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API