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Mr Mark Francois vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Liz Kendall voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,094 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,048 different votes 1,094 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
25 Aye 27 No
Trade 12% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
64 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 179 shared votes
113 Aye 66 No
11 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
526
+380.3 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021, No 97) 10 Feb 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2B and to Lords Amendment 3B and propose amendments (a) and (b) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
No
Aye
Draft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 27 Jan 2021
Aye
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