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Mr Mark Francois vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 443 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 436 different votes 443 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,583
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
735
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
848
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
56
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
282
+164.0 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 650
Contributions
443
+325.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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