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Mr Louie French vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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 Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 172 different votes 176 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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 192 of 649
Participation
45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 628 of 649
983
1,224 eligible divisions
Total votes
258
568 eligible divisions
494
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
114
44.2 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
144
55.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
39
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
70
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Contributions
172
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 111 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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
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
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