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Mr Louie French vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 344 different votes 350 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
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 650
Participation
83.1%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 650
1,027
1,283 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
627 eligible divisions
518
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
52.0% of votes cast
509
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
114
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
104
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Contributions
131
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 293 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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