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Mr Louie French vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 694 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 668 different votes 694 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 2 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 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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