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Mr Louie French vs Jim McMahon

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
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Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Jim McMahon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 668 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 642 different votes 668 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
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
245
+99.3 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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