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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 1,157 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,121 different votes 1,157 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
29 Aye 27 No
Trade 9% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 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 58 No
Migration 4% aligned 85 shared votes
57 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 7 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
1,620
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
715
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Appearances
95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
294
+185.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 648
Contributions
266
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648

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
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

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
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 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
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 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
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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