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Mr Louie French vs Kirsty Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 410 different votes 457 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
21 Aye 40 No
Tax 38% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
79
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API