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Mr Mark Francois vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Bill Esterson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,121 different votes 1,173 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
27 Aye 27 No
Trade 7% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
4 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
54 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 163 shared votes
107 Aye 56 No
8 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 23 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
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