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Mr Mark Francois vs Debbie Abrahams

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
vs
Photograph of Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,151 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,106 different votes 1,151 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 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 22 No
Trade 9% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
59 Aye 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 78 shared votes
19 Aye 59 No
6 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
69
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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