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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 913 different votes 969 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
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 11% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
95 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 145 shared votes
48 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 126 shared votes
45 Aye 81 No
25 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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