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Mr Louie French vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 798 different votes 826 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
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 22 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 20 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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
84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,388
1,638 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
740
53.3 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
648
46.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % 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
89
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
104
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
52 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
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
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