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Mr Mark Francois vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Keir Mather voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 300 different votes 304 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 6 No
Migration 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 31 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 301 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
595
788 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
48.9% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
304
51.1% 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
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

123
+43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
103
+23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
358
+220.4 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
507
+369.4 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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