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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 299 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 294 different votes 299 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 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 183 of 648
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 169 of 648
961
1,182 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
526 eligible divisions
480
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
52.1 % of votes cast
481
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
207
47.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
Appearances
118
+58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648
156
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648
Contributions
143
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648

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
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Trade
25 of 27 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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