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Mr Louie French vs Esther McVey

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Esther McVey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 609 shared comparable votes.

602 same votes 7 different votes 609 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
69 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
69 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 94% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
69 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
69 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 650
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
1,021
1,275 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,390
2,150 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
46.1% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
749
53.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

63
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Appearances
114
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
107
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
156
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
9
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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API