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Mr Louie French vs Taiwo Owatemi

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

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Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 601 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 573 different votes 601 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
58 Aye 28 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
24 Aye 62 No
40 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 82 shared votes
42 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
5
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
5
-140.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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