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Mr Mark Francois vs Dame Meg Hillier

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
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Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,230 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,230 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 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
58 Aye 25 No
Migration 4% aligned 83 shared votes
26 Aye 57 No
15 Aye 17 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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