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Al Carns vs Mr Mark Francois

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Al Carns and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 175 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 173 different votes 175 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 17 No
Tax 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
147
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
165
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
274
+128.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
21 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API