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Mr Mark Francois vs Alice Macdonald

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
vs
Photograph of Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 265 different votes 268 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
33 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
84.9%
12% above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
582 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
49.0% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
252
51.0% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
28
-52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
33
-106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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