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Mr Louie French vs Sarah Pochin

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
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Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

148 same votes 8 different votes 156 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 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Housing 89% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 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 196 of 649
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
221
389 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
97
43.9 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
124
56.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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