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Mr Louie French vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 324 different votes 332 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 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 158 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.2% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
79
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
223
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 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
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
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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