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Matt Bishop vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Matt Bishop
Matt Bishop
Lab Forest of Dean
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 189 different votes 190 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
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
300
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
139
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
161
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

30
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Appearances
96
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
37
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
6
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
18 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
3 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Tax
77 of 108 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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition day: Student loans 18 Mar 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API