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Mr Louie French vs Lauren Edwards

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 Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 324 different votes 332 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 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
86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 650
978
1,214 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
558 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
50.2 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
239
49.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
45
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
68
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
61
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41 % below average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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