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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.


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 313 different votes 321 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 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 193 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
78
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
8
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
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API