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Mr Louie French vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Priti Patel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 559 shared comparable votes.

556 same votes 3 different votes 559 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
35 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
35 Aye 53 No
58 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
58 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
35 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
35 Aye 53 No
58 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
58 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.1%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
1,021
1,275 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Appearances
70
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 650
108
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Contributions
96
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
No rebel
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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