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Mr Mark Francois vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 480 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 469 different votes 480 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
45 Aye 15 No
Migration 3% aligned 60 shared votes
13 Aye 47 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 55 No
Tax 2% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
75.9%
4% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,162 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
434
49.2% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.8% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
78
-61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee of the whole House: Amendment 21 19 Apr 2023
Tax
No
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