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Mr Mark Francois vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 748 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 712 different votes 748 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
15 Aye 11 No
Trade 15% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 20 No
Housing 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
48 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 No
7 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API