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How Louie French votes

Louie French voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 191 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Louie French has 9 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesEuropean Athletics Championships Ventures LLP - £600.001 Sep 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesThe Lawn Tennis Association - £1,600.0016 Jul 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPAndrew Dawber - £3,000.0015 Apr 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesThe Professional Darts Corporation - £2,000.0027 Jan 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesAscot Racecourse - £250.003 Nov 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Estonia between 12 October 2025 and 15 October 20253 Nov 2025
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPAndrew Dawber - £5,000.0020 Oct 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesAllwyn National Lottery - £1,190.0020 Oct 2025
MiscellaneousShareholding below registrable threshold in Tilney Smith & Williamson (wealth management). This was linked to previous employment before entering Parliament.31 Dec 2021

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Louie French asked 201 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Culture, Media and Sport61
Treasury45
Home Office20
Department of Health and Social Care15
Department for Transport11

Latest questions

10 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 22 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 21 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 21 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 21 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Answered 18 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£14,022
Office costs · claims for running an office£14,022

36 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Louie French represents Old Bexley and Sidcup. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Louie French

Conservative

MAJORITY
3,548

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
65%

of people who could vote did

Louie French won with 38% of the votes, and Edward Jones (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative38% · 17,910
Labour30% · 14,362
Reform UK22% · 10,384
Green Party5% · 2,601
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,927
Rejoin EU1% · 251
Everyone else0% · 198
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Louie FrenchConservative17,91037.6%
Edward JonesLabour14,36230.2%
Maxine FothergillReform UK10,38421.8%
Brad DaviesGreen Party2,6015.5%
Adrian Hyyrylainen-TrettLiberal Democrat1,9274.0%
Laurent WilliamsRejoin EU2510.5%
Andrew StillIndependent1980.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£993 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this