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Christian Wakeford vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 828 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 470 different votes 828 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
27 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 89% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 68% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 10 No
Trade 67% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 12 No
Benefits 63% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 54% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 17% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
118
+40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
349
+211.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Elections Bill Third Reading 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
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