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Mr Mark Francois vs Gen Kitchen

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 Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 313 different votes 315 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
14 Aye 3 No
Migration 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% 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, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 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
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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