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Mr Louie French vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 760 shared comparable votes.

759 same votes 1 different votes 760 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
80 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
80 Aye 26 No
52 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
52 Aye 52 No
40 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
40 Aye 62 No
11 Aye 33 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
80 Aye 26 No
52 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
52 Aye 52 No
40 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
40 Aye 62 No
11 Aye 33 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 179 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 265 of 647
978
1,203 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,804
2,333 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
48.1 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
937
51.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-19.2 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
70
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Contributions
88
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API