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Mr Louie French

Conservative Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting record

1
Voted for
7
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Mr Louie French’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Mr Louie French — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 999 of 1,246 (80%).

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 no vote recorded
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 177, Noes 308 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 173, Noes 282 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 Ayes 330, Noes 93 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 Ayes 323, Noes 160 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 no vote recorded
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 no vote recorded
28 Apr 2026 Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 308, Noes 81 no vote recorded
22 Apr 2026 Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 Ayes 380, Noes 7 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Ayes 278, Noes 73 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 281, Noes 70 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 292, Noes 161 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Ayes 172, Noes 283 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 77, Noes 280 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Ayes 91, Noes 378 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Mr Louie French currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport — since 2026-08-31 Shadow
Previously held
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2025-07-22 to 2026-08-31) Shadow
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2024-07-19 to 2025-07-22) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Mr Louie French →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Andrew Dawber
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 donation to my local association's fighting fund
Donor status: individual
(Registered 20 October 2025)

Name of donor: Andrew Dawber
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 donation to my local association
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 April 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Allwyn National Lottery
Address of donor: 37-39 Clarendon Road, Watford WD17 1JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Women's Rugby World Cup as Shadow Minister for Sport and meeting with the National Lottery and other sports bodies, value £1,190
Date received: 27 September 2025
Date accepted: 27 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 13157556
(Registered 20 October 2025)

Name of donor: Ascot Racecourse
Address of donor: High Street, Ascot SL5 7JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to Ascot and lunch with representatives of Ascot and British Horseracing as the Shadow Minister for Sport, value £250
Date received: 18 October 2025
Date accepted: 18 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 04320977
(Registered 3 November 2025)

Name of donor: The Professional Darts Corporation
Address of donor: PDC, Mascalls Lane, Brentwood, Essex CM14 5LJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to the PDC World Championship Final as part of Shadow Sports Minister role, value £2,000
Date received: 3 January 2026
Date accepted: 3 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03473679
(Registered 27 January 2026)

Name of donor: The Lawn Tennis Association
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets, including hospitality, to Wimbledon as part of the Shadow Sports Minister role with Lawn Tennis Association to discuss British tennis, value £1,600
Date received: 9 July 2026
Date accepted: 9 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07459469
(Registered 16 July 2026)

Name of donor: European Athletics Championships Ventures LLP
Address of donor: 190 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two hospitality area tickets to support the European Athletics Championships as the Shadow Minister for Sport, value £600
Date received: 10 August 2026
Date accepted: 10 August 2026
Donor status: limited liability partnership
(Registered 1 September 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: European Leaders Network (ELNET) UK
Address of donor: 4th Floor, 6 Princes Street, London W1B 2LG
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Cost includes hotel, travel and meals, value £1,150
Destination of visit: Estonia
Dates of visit: 12 October 2025 to 15 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Cross Party delegation to Estonia to discuss defence and NATO.
(Registered 3 November 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Shareholding below registrable threshold in Tilney Smith & Williamson (wealth management). This was linked to previous employment before entering Parliament.
Date interest ended: 30 June 2026
(Registered 31 December 2021; updated 2 July 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Mr Louie French yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Mr Louie French has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£157,473.37 paid out to or for Mr Louie French across 52 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Mr Louie French’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £137,954.54 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £19,518.83 (49 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £158.40, 2026-03-19 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £186.23, 2026-03-16 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £101.28, 2026-03-16 — Banner March 2026
Utilities — £69.78, 2026-03-09 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £101.28, 2026-03-01 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £372.46, 2026-03-01 — Banner March 2026
Utilities — £77.99, 2026-02-19 — Electricity
Utilities — £76.34, 2026-01-08 — Electricity

Every claim on file for Mr Louie French →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Mr Louie French — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Mr Louie French’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Mr Louie French is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tradespeople — Officer
Declared funding: Hanbury Strategy (£16,501-18,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Hanbury Strategy — about £17,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tradespeople).

Hanbury Strategy — about £17,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Mr Louie French personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Mr Louie French is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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