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Mr Louie French vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 845 shared comparable votes.

844 same votes 1 different votes 845 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
86 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
86 Aye 33 No
48 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
48 Aye 63 No
48 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
48 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
86 Aye 33 No
48 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
48 Aye 63 No
48 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
48 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 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 192 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
1,021
1,276 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.9% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

62
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
86
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
104
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
121
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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