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Mr Louie French vs Steve Yemm

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 Yemm
Steve Yemm
Lab Mansfield

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Steve Yemm voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 367 different votes 374 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 12 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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 196 of 649
Participation
94.1 %
21 % above average
Rank 3 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
541
575 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
278
51.4 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
263
48.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
91
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£179,495
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,495
21 % below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 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
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