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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 352 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 346 different votes 352 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
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
30 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

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
79
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
112
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 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
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