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Alex Sobel vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,074 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,037 different votes 1,074 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
23 Aye 26 No
Trade 8% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 55 No
Migration 4% aligned 82 shared votes
56 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API