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Mr Mark Francois vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,092 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,055 different votes 1,092 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
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 9% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
52 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 160 shared votes
107 Aye 53 No
17 Aye 20 No
Housing 3% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 90 shared votes
39 Aye 51 No
30 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 29 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021, No 97) 10 Feb 2021
Aye
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