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Mr Louie French vs Torsten Bell

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 Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 252 different votes 256 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 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
961
1,182 eligible divisions
Total votes
376
526 eligible divisions
480
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
56.1 % of votes cast
481
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
165
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
Appearances
73
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 648
156
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648
Contributions
408
+300.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
13
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Trade
25 of 27 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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