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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 398 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 394 different votes 398 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
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
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 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
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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

67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
958 eligible divisions
744
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
344
49.3 % of votes cast
858
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
354
50.7 % of votes cast
36
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Contributions
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650

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
3
2 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
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 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