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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 320 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 313 different votes 320 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 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

80.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 650
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 650
978
1,214 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
558 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.1 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
233
49.9 % 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

49
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Appearances
68
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
68
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Contributions
203
+79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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
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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