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Dr Simon Opher vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 287 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
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API