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Mr Mark Francois vs Dr Simon Opher

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 Dr Simon Opher
Dr Simon Opher
Lab Stroud

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 308 different votes 311 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
1 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
33 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
619 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
47.1% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
263
52.9% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% 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
59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
92
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 10 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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