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Mr Louie French vs Olivia Blake

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
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Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Olivia Blake voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 732 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 710 different votes 732 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
6 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 21 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
72 Aye 33 No
Migration 3% aligned 105 shared votes
30 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 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 318 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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