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Mr Louie French vs Steve Reed

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 Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Steve Reed voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 472 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 458 different votes 472 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
2 Aye 9 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
54 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 76 shared votes
19 Aye 57 No
26 Aye 42 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
61.9 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 649
984
1,226 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,356 eligible divisions
495
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
858
58.8 % of votes cast
489
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
601
41.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

54
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
70
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
417
+283.2 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Trade
65 of 89 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API