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Lucy Powell vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,098 different votes 1,146 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
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 9% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
106 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
57 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
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