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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector Aye 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes Aye 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division No vote 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax Aye 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare Aye 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading No 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No vote 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 Aye 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part No vote 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 Aye 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading No 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No 321–158

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.

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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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