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Mr Mark Francois vs Andy McDonald

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
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Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,188 different votes 1,244 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
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 7% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 19 No
Housing 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
61 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
110 Aye 63 No
5 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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