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Mr Mark Francois vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Esther McVey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,095 shared comparable votes.

1,064 same votes 31 different votes 1,095 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
55 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
55 Aye 104 No
52 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
52 Aye 90 No
30 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 64% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 35 No
Trade 93% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
57 Aye 19 No
Migration 95% aligned 76 shared votes
55 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 96 shared votes
52 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 97% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,167 eligible divisions
768
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
643
46.0% of votes cast
881
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
755
54.0% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

148
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
145
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
446
+279.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
189
+22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Housing
54 of 68 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No rebel
Aye
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA 73 25 Apr 2022
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill Lords Amendments Motion to disagree LA1 15 Nov 2021
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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