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Mr Louie French vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and John McDonnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 828 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 793 different votes 828 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
10 Aye 31 No
Education 15% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 22 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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