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Mr Mark Francois vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Alberto Costa voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,471 shared comparable votes.

1,429 same votes 42 different votes 1,471 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
73 Aye 122 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
73 Aye 122 No
30 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 28 No
Benefits 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 93% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
70 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 192 shared votes
75 Aye 117 No
58 Aye 30 No
Migration 94% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 27 No
Housing 98% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
Participation
80.8%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 650
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,958
2,422 eligible divisions
768
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.3% of votes cast
881
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.7% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
23
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
446
+279.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
24
-142.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
54 of 68 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
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Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API