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Mr Louie French vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

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

24 same votes 708 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
1 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 19 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
85 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 113 shared votes
24 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
2 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,321
1,692 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
690
52.2 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
631
47.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
7 years, 3 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
67
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 2024
Aye
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