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Mr Louie French vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 599 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 570 different votes 599 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
5 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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