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Mr Mark Francois vs Jayne Kirkham

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 Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 287 different votes 289 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 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 467 of 649
Participation
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
582 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.6% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
237
49.4% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
201
+121.0 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
243
+103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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