Official portrait of Mr Louie French

Mr Louie French

Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, since 2 December 2021

Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)

Mr Louie French is the Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, and has been an MP continually since 2 December 2021. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport).

Scorecard

68.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
390 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 5 as teller
180 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
9 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
173 Debates spoken in 323 written questions tabled

Ranked 393 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Aye 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Aye 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 Aye 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part No 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 Aye 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 Aye 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 Aye 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No vote 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No vote 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No vote 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No vote 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No vote 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading No 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading Aye 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No 318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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: £3,000 donation to my local association
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

£5,000

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)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

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 to Wimbledon as part of the Shadow Sports Minister role with Lawn Tennis Association to discuss British tennis, value £1,280
Date received: 10 July 2025
Date accepted: 10 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07459469
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

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)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Silverstone
Address of donor: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to Silverstone Grand Prix as part of the Shadow Sports Minister role and meeting with Silverstone officials, value £1,400
Date received: 5 July 2025
Date accepted: 5 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

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)

On the register since 4 Nov 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)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

173 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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