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Mr Louie French vs Elaine Stewart

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 Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 224 different votes 229 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
60.7 %
12 % below average
Rank 569 of 649
983
1,224 eligible divisions
Total votes
345
568 eligible divisions
494
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
155
44.9 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
190
55.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
21
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
69
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
30
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
24 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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