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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,201 different votes 1,257 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
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 7% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
61 Aye 112 No
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 469 of 647
1,765
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
989
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
735
46.5 % of votes cast
776
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
847
53.5 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

76
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 647
Appearances
102
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 647
103
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
Contributions
282
+168.2 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
178 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
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
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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