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Mr Mark Francois vs Dr Al Pinkerton

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Dr Al Pinkerton voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 44 different votes 224 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
22 Aye 34 No
Tax 95% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 94% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 65% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
51.7% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
194
48.3% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
197
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 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
£189,783
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£189,783
16% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
55 of 69 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API