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Fred Thomas vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 216 different votes 217 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

70.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 430 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
370
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
218
58.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
152
41.1 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

31
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 648
Appearances
96
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
37
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 648
Contributions
274
+164.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
20 of 22 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Energy
15 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Tax
90 of 108 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
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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