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Mr Louie French vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 756 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 725 different votes 756 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 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 20 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
43 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 83 shared votes
37 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 15 No
Housing 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API