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Mr Louie French vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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 Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 366 different votes 372 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 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 650
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 43 of 650
1,021
1,276 eligible divisions
Total votes
544
620 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.6% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
274
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
107
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
104
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
129
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
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