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Mr Mark Francois vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 261 different votes 267 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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 468 of 650
Participation
80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,595
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
564 eligible divisions
742
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.7 % of votes cast
853
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
225
49.3 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5 % of votes cast
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Appearances
31
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
315
+187.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
51
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 89 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API