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Mr Louie French vs Tom Hayes

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
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Photograph of Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes
Lab Bournemouth East

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Tom Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 343 different votes 350 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 168 of 650
1,030
1,287 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
631 eligible divisions
520
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.1% of votes cast
510
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
261
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Appearances
164
+69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
104
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Contributions
222
+57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 139 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
£222,072
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£222,072
2% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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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