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Mr Louie French vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 541 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 528 different votes 541 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
68 Aye 25 No
Migration 3% aligned 93 shared votes
22 Aye 71 No
23 Aye 33 No
Tax 2% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
14 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 179 of 647
Participation
62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
978
1,203 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
2,333 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
809
55.6 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
645
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

47
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Appearances
72
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
66
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
110
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
167 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
45 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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