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Mr Louie French vs Katie Lam

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 Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Katie Lam voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

293 same votes 0 different votes 293 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
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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