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Valerie Vaz vs Mr Louie French

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

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

26 same votes 688 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
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
29 Aye 86 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
83 Aye 32 No
36 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % 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

30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Appearances
52
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 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

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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