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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
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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 455 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 447 different votes 455 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 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
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 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 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

67.8%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
Participation
28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
2,368 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
382
56.8% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
291
43.2% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Housing
37 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Education
47 of 96 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
35 of 95 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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