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Mr Mark Francois vs Alison McGovern

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 Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Alison McGovern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,171 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,135 different votes 1,171 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
26 Aye 31 No
Trade 9% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
59 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
57 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 85 shared votes
27 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 29 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 434 of 649
1,599
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,644
2,354 eligible divisions
743
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
915
55.7 % of votes cast
856
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
729
44.3 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 649
Appearances
65
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
336
+202.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Contributions
315
+181.7 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
70 of 89 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 169 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
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