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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Home Office
• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Owner Occupation: Carbon Monoxide
• Question
• Tools: Theft
• Community Diagnostic Centres: Greater London
• Taxis

Currently held offices

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

Other offices held in the past

• 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)

• 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

• Culture, Media and Sport: Horseracing 28 Nov 2024

  Thank you, Mr Speaker. The horseracing industry has been left in the dark by this Government, following the Chancellor’s disastrous Budget. The Office for Budget Responsibility warned that the national insurance rise would cost, on average, £800 per employee. With 20,000 employed across the country, the Government’s jobs tax could cost the horseracing industry £16 million and the...

• Horseracing — [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair] 24 Oct 2024

  It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy) for securing this debate. I congratulate him on being elected as one of the new co-chairs of the all-party parliamentary group on racing and bloodstock, alongside the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton (Dan Carden) who represents the fantastic Aintree...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pets: Animal Welfare and Smuggling 21 Oct 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle (a) puppy and kitten smuggling and (b) ear cropping of dogs.

More of Louie French’s recent appearances

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