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Rachael Maskell vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 843 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 804 different votes 843 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
18 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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