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Mr Mark Francois vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

178 same votes 57 different votes 235 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
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 34 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 85% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 61% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API