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Andrew Western vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 394 different votes 398 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
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 29 No
Migration 3% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % 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
3 years, 7 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

48
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
Appearances
119
+41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
305
+166.6 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Contributions
353
+214.6 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
8
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API