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Jake Richards vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 236 different votes 238 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
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
35 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 378 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API