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Rachel Reeves vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey
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Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Rachel Reeves and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 316 different votes 329 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
4 Aye 0 No
Education 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 3 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 9 No
Tax 3% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 71 No
Migration 0% aligned 85 shared votes
71 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

50.8 %
22 % below average
Rank 620 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,174
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
674
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
500
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

36
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 648
Appearances
52
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
533
+424.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 648
Contributions
156
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£291,343
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
3
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
166 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 45 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Migration
113 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Trade
56 of 88 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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