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Mr Louie French vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 347 different votes 353 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 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 194 of 650
Participation
83.0%
11% above average
Rank 134 of 650
1,024
1,279 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
623 eligible divisions
518
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
50.1% of votes cast
506
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
268
+174.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
104
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Contributions
321
+157.5 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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