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Nick Smith vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 700 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 676 different votes 700 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
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 5 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 62 No
Migration 5% aligned 84 shared votes
58 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API