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Mr Louie French vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 862 shared comparable votes.

849 same votes 13 different votes 862 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
57 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
57 Aye 53 No
33 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
33 Aye 74 No
17 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
7 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 36 No
Migration 92% aligned 117 shared votes
80 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 19 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
57 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
57 Aye 53 No
33 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
33 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
1,030
1,287 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
520
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
510
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
102
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
209 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API