About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Louie French) represents you, and all of the people who live in Old Bexley and Sidcup, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup

Entered the House of Commons on 2 December 2021 — Byelection

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Treasury
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Gaming
• Sports: Schools
• Football Governance Bill (HL)
• Gambling
• Prize Money: Research

Currently held offices

• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Culture, Media and Sport) (since 19 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Football Governance Bill [HL] Committee (14 May 2025 to 17 Jun 2025)
• Member, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 21 Feb 2023)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (15 Mar 2022 to 26 Jun 2023)
• Member, Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill Committee (26 Jan 2022 to 2 Feb 2022)
• Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 27 Jan 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Brokenshire
• Derek Conway
• Edward Heath

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Football Governance Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Procurement Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Taxes 15 Jul 2025

  I am not sure what financial qualifications the Chief Secretary has, if any, but last week’s reports suggested that, privately, Ministers are briefing their Back Benchers that they will introduce a wealth tax without calling it a wealth tax. Can he confirm whether or not that is true?

• Taxes 15 Jul 2025

  I am not sure what financial qualifications the Chief Secretary has, if any, but last week’s reports suggested that, privately, Ministers are briefing their Back Benchers that they will introduce a wealth tax without calling it a wealth tax. Can he confirm whether or not that is true?

• Taxes 15 Jul 2025

  I am not sure what financial qualifications the Chief Secretary has, if any, but last week’s reports suggested that, privately, Ministers are briefing their Back Benchers that they will introduce a wealth tax without calling it a wealth tax. Can he confirm whether or not that is true?

More of Louie French’s recent appearances

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