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Mr Mark Francois vs James Murray

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
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James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and James Murray voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 778 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 755 different votes 778 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
15 Aye 15 No
Trade 13% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
57 Aye 26 No
Migration 4% aligned 83 shared votes
25 Aye 58 No
13 Aye 23 No
Housing 3% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
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
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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
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