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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 350 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 346 different votes 350 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 9 No
Migration 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 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
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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