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Mr Mark Francois vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,227 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,184 different votes 1,227 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
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 7% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
63 Aye 27 No
Migration 3% aligned 90 shared votes
26 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 29 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API