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Mr Louie French vs Mr Will Forster

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 61 different votes 285 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
16 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
16 Aye 41 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
177
+95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
78
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Contributions
221
+78.4 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API