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Mr Mark Francois vs Kim Leadbeater

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
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Photograph of Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 605 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 596 different votes 605 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
42 Aye 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
43 Aye 60 No
Tax 1% aligned 103 shared votes
59 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
Participation
82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,090
1,325 eligible divisions
744
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
567
52.0 % of votes cast
858
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
523
48.0 % of votes cast
36
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
5 years, 1 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
4
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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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