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Mr Mark Francois vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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 Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 240 different votes 243 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
Participation
73.7%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
582 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
51.5% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
208
48.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
46
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
65
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 448 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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 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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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