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Mr Louie French vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 871 shared comparable votes.

860 same votes 11 different votes 871 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
46 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
46 Aye 61 No
85 Aye 18 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
85 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 38 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
11 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 91% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
57 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 105 shared votes
56 Aye 49 No
46 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
46 Aye 61 No
85 Aye 18 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
85 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 38 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 650
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
1,021
1,275 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,919
2,405 eligible divisions
518
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.3% of votes cast
503
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,011
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

63
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
Appearances
382
+293.2 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
505
+350.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
194 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 159 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 117 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 151 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22B 26 Jun 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 122 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
Aye
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22 3 May 2023
Defence
No rebel
No
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 29 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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