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Alison McGovern vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,174 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,174 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
32 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 167 shared votes
59 Aye 108 No
27 Aye 59 No
Migration 3% aligned 86 shared votes
58 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 7 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
0
0 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
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
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