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Mr Mark Francois vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Mr Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,157 different votes 1,211 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
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 9% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
57 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
108 Aye 58 No
4 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
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
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
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