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Mr Louie French vs Matthew Pennycook

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 Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 829 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 801 different votes 829 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
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 21 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
82.6 %
10 % above average
Rank 147 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,356 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,081
55.6 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
864
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
136
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
576
+441.5 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 1 Mar 2024
Tax
No
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