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Lisa Smart vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

161 same votes 54 different votes 215 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
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 82% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 4 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API