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Mr Mark Francois vs Michelle Welsh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 279 different votes 282 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
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 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
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
582 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.9% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
236
49.1% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
54
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
66
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API