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Mr Mark Francois vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 316 different votes 319 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
18 Aye 9 No
Migration 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
731
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
845
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

96
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 648
274
+164.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648
Contributions
63
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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