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Mr Mark Francois vs Andrew Western

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Andrew Western voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 402 different votes 407 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 11 No
Migration 3% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API