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Mr Louie French vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 687 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 663 different votes 687 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 2 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 21 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
49 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 98 shared votes
47 Aye 51 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 350 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,729
2,356 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
957
55.3 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
772
44.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
76
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
136
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 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
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
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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