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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
vs
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 721 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 699 different votes 721 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
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 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

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,224
1,638 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
52.6 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
580
47.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
39
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
44
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
61 of 63 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
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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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