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Mr Louie French vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 742 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 713 different votes 742 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 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
84 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
29 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
14
-131.7 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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