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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 1% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 248 different votes 250 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 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
5% below average
Rank 461 of 650
Participation
67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
420
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
243
57.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
764
46.8% of votes cast
177
42.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650

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
6
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 94 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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