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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.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 185 different votes 190 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 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 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 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

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
9
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
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API