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Samantha Niblett vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Samantha Niblett
Samantha Niblett
Lab South Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Samantha Niblett and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 307 different votes 314 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
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
44 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
25 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
25 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

81.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 650
Participation
80.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 650
454
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
978
1,214 eligible divisions
223
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
493
50.4 % of votes cast
231
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
485
49.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

75
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Appearances
49
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
83
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Contributions
68
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£212,260
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£212,260
6 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Education
47 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 61 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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