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Mr Mark Francois vs Carla Lockhart

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

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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
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Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 518 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 135 different votes 518 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
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 48 No
Tax 87% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 4 No
Transport 57% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 8 No
Migration 58% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 60% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 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
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
175
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
197
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 139 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
No
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Committee Stage: Amendment 5 15 Jan 2024
Benefits Environment / Climate Trade
Aye
Aye
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 81 17 Oct 2023
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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