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Mr Mark Francois vs David Burton-Sampson

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 David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 322 different votes 326 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
542
619 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
51.5% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
48.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
63
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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 212 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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