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Mr Louie French vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Lisa Smart voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 52 different votes 251 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
14 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
55.1% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
176
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
172
+90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
78
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Contributions
245
+102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 registered categories
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API