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Mark Sewards vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley
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Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 243 different votes 245 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
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
38 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
406
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
193
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
213
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

81
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 648
Appearances
96
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
86
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
7
3 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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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