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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 382 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 374 different votes 382 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
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

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
51.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
270
49.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
105
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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