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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.


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 194 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 193 different votes 194 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
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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

53.2 %
19 % below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
306
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
142
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
164
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

32
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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

£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
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Tax
77 of 111 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API