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Mr Louie French vs Mr James Frith

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 James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr James Frith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 298 different votes 312 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 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 193 of 649
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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