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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Dr Zubir Ahmed
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Lab Glasgow South West
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 239 different votes 249 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
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
435
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
227
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
208
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Appearances
129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Contributions
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
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