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Mr Mark Francois vs Hilary Benn

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

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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
vs
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Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,267 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,216 different votes 1,267 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
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 7% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
62 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
10 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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