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Mr Louie French vs Wera Hobhouse

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 Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 30% of the time, based on 673 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 470 different votes 673 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
6 Aye 23 No
Education 72% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 60 No
Tax 68% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 62% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 50% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
71 Aye 25 No
Migration 3% aligned 96 shared votes
22 Aye 74 No
6 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 5% 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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 142 8 Sept 2026
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 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
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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