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Mr Louie French vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 631 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 608 different votes 631 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
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 34 No
Migration 6% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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