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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 778 shared comparable votes.

777 same votes 1 different votes 778 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
81 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
81 Aye 26 No
53 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
53 Aye 52 No
40 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
40 Aye 62 No
19 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
11 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
81 Aye 26 No
53 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
53 Aye 52 No
40 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
40 Aye 62 No
19 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
11 Aye 34 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
79
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API