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Mr Louie French vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Steve Darling voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 57 different votes 269 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
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 92% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 82% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% 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
137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
78
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Contributions
163
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 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