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Claire Hughes vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 289 different votes 290 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
43 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
31 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
31 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 650
510
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,595
2,350 eligible divisions
265
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
742
46.5 % of votes cast
245
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
853
53.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

8
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Appearances
105
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
8
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
315
+187.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 89 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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