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Mr Mark Francois vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Olivia Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 810 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 791 different votes 810 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
13 Aye 18 No
Trade 13% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Housing 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 20 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
57 Aye 25 No
Migration 2% aligned 82 shared votes
25 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.8%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
Participation
74.6%
3% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,231
1,650 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
646
52.5% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
585
47.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
38
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
43
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 528 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
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