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Mr Louie French vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 301 different votes 308 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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 196 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 133 of 650
978
1,219 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
563 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
231
49.1 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
239
50.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
18
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
68
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Contributions
39
-87.2 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
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