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Charlotte Nichols vs Mr Mark Francois

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

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Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 790 different votes 812 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
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 13% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 13 No
Housing 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 56 No
Migration 3% aligned 75 shared votes
54 Aye 21 No
40 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 86 shared votes
47 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

77.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
1,235
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
641
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
594
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 648
Appearances
95
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 648
26
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 648
Contributions
266
+158.1 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Defence
54 of 58 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
63 of 68 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Housing
49 of 53 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Energy
40 of 45 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
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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