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Mr Mark Francois vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Mark Francois and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 927 shared comparable votes.
899 same votes
28 different votes
927 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
68.1%
4% below average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,704 eligible divisions
768
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
682
48.1% of votes cast
881
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
736
51.9% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
148
+52.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
113
+17.4 vs Commons average
446
+279.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
171
+4.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API