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Mr Mark Francois vs Helen Whately

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Helen Whately voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,517 shared comparable votes.

1,484 same votes 33 different votes 1,517 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
66 Aye 135 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
66 Aye 135 No
39 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 41 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
20 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 31 No
Benefits 100% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 94% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
66 Aye 30 No
Migration 95% aligned 96 shared votes
63 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
69 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 193 shared votes
71 Aye 122 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,644
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
766
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
878
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
441
+276.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
74
-90.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API