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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 321 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 317 different votes 321 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

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
614
825 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
48.2% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
318
51.8% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
3 years, 3 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
106
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
575
+420.4 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
4
3 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 212 votes
#1
Education
50 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 34 votes
Housing
53 of 67 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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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