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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 293 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 290 different votes 293 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
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

95.4 %
22 % above average
Rank 1 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
502
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
259
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
243
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 648
Appearances
97
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
49
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 648
Contributions
267
+158.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648

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
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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