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Mr Louie French vs Mark Ferguson

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 Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 292 different votes 299 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 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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 196 of 650
Participation
89.3 %
17 % above average
Rank 29 of 650
978
1,219 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
563 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
268
53.3 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
235
46.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
8
-63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
67
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Contributions
14
-112.0 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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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