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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).

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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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 Aye 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No vote 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 Aye 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No vote 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu No 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 Aye 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No vote 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 Aye 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading No 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 Aye 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 Aye 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) No 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 No 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration Aye 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy Aye 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 Aye 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion No 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 No 366–98

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

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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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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