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Mr Mark Francois vs Al Carns

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

Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
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Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Al Carns voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 150 different votes 151 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
14 Aye 21 No
Tax 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
Participation
50.6 %
23 % below average
Rank 621 of 648
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
266
526 eligible divisions
731
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
132
49.6 % of votes cast
845
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
134
50.4 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
Appearances
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 648
266
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648
Contributions
290
+181.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,101
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,101
25 % below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Housing
21 of 31 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
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
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API