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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.

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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
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Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Alison McGovern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,181 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,144 different votes 1,181 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 33 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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
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
20 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 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 466 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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