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Mr Louie French vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Ed Davey voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 498 shared comparable votes.

162 same votes 336 different votes 498 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
3 Aye 7 No
Defence 80% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 22 No
Education 68% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 67% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 58% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
51 Aye 31 No
Migration 4% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 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
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Aye
European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion 29 Oct 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API