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Alex Mayer vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 315 different votes 318 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

95.5 %
23 % above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
549
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
277
50.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
272
49.5 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£197,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£197,450
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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