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Rushanara Ali vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 714 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 685 different votes 714 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 5 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 79 No
Migration 4% aligned 109 shared votes
75 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
9 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 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

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Contributions
188
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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